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Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., gestures as he addresses the audience at the Rochester Opera House in Rochester, N.H., Tuesday, July 22, 2008. Story Published: Jul 24, 2008 at 7:31 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) - If the presidential election were decided by speeches alone, it would be over already. Barack Obama soars, John McCain struggles. Obama beams, McCain grins at the wrong time. Obama looks off into a heavenly distance and then right at YOU. McCain pivots his head in three positions - left, center, right, center, left, center, right. He may be speaking to "my friends" but he is looking, quite obviously, at a projected script. Both use a teleprompter, but you can only tell with one of them. When McCain is on stage making a big speech, you can imagine yourself in his shoes, as if you're in a panicky... [read full story]
