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Frank Cotolo
September 9, 2012 |
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President Obama has gotten a bounce in the polls after his much acclaimed convention appearance
beside his wife, VP Joe Biden and former President Bill Clinton among the heralded speakers.
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The Democratic National Convention produced a bevy of popular speeches and confusion over which
Castro twin was which.
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Joaquin and Julian are both in politics, the former a state representative and the latter the mayor
of San Antonio, Texas, but most conventioneers were continually calling Joaquin Julian and vice
versa.
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"I congratulated Joaquin on his keynote address before I realized Julian had given the address,"
said one conventioneer.
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"Their mother should have used names that didn't begin with the same letter," said another
convention member.
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"What exactly is a keynote, anyway?" said another person in the audience.
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Julian's keynote address was among the highlights at the event that nominated the president for
re-election.
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Joe Biden's speech was well received, especially since he got through it without making one comment
that included an off-color word. "And his weird hair looked especially good that evening," said
another conventioneer.
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Biden, however, continued to mistake one Castro for another and said, off mic, that he thought
there might only be one Castro kid, "because I still have not seen them standing next to one
another."
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Clinton's speech was a big hit, as expected, and it spawned at least five more Bubba Fan Clubs,
adding to the documented 49 already organized around the world. Mr. Clinton was all out for the
president, detailing many things that the Obama campaign has not been able to express over the
summer.
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Mr. Clinton improvised half of the speech, one Obama aid said, "...and he used his fingers like an
orchestra leader, never once pointing or curling them in the wrong sentence."
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The President's speech was warmly received but as expected dismissed as "the same old dribble" by
the opposition.
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"We hear the same speech all the time from the President," said a Romney official. "He promises
and calls for hope and change and nothing gets as good as it could get if Mitt Romney became
President."
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When asked about Mr. Romney's convention speech the same aid said, "Mitt's speech was endearing and
inspiring and it showed all Americans that there is another road this country must take and that is
the Romney road. On the Romney road things get better without sitting around hoping. Things change
without having to make America into a country like Greece and other countries that Obama likes
more than this country."
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Regardless of the opposition's critique, President Obama received a six-point bounce in the polls
after the convention and now leads in all states. Also, a poll in Greece had Obama ahead by 45
points.
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The next big events are the Presidential debates, with the first one on Oct. 3. There will be three
for the Presidential nominees and one for the VPs. The one for the VPs may include a laser-tag
round to help keep the audience's interest.
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Frank Cotolo can be found
hosting the talk and interview programme Cotolo Chronicles.
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