interesting article on debate styles [mlp]

http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200407/fallows

It’s old-ish (from the July/August edition of The Atlantic), however it goes through past debates of both candidates, and more surprisingly, shows that Dubya was much more eloquent back when he was governor of Texas. Personally, I think the reason for the change in his speaking style is because he had fewer people pulling his strings back then--nowadays he needs to keep many more people happy and needs to be more careful in his wording.

Also, an interesting article about how Pres. Eisenhower’s son is voting for a Democrat for the first time in his life.

http://www.theunionleader.com/articles_showa.html?article=44657