When thinking about President Obama's success as a powerful speaker I think he possess creditability, attractiveness, and power in his speeches. I find the power in his presentations to be the best attribute when weighing against creditability and attractiveness. This could be a little surprising to some because his demeanor is not aggressive and does not speak in aggressive tones. Yet, he establishes power in his speeches because of his confidence and clear message. He constantly refers to the past of American history and uses their examples to be inspirational or common remedies to how we can approach our problems today. He gains his power because our in our current situation our country is looking for someone to take control and lead us in the right direction. His plan, style, and creditability has convinced the majority of our country to put our faith in his decisions.
Obama has built ethos in the area of creditability with knowledge and a deep and genuine concern for the people of our country. His speeches give personal examples in his life how he relates to our struggles. A major strength as a speaker has been his ability to communicate his concern and intent to help the people of our country.
Of course attractiveness is a major part of his ability to communicate. His overall health was a factor in differentiating himself from McCain in the election. People became familiar with Obama because of his slogans and ability to reach new audiences through the Internet.
These are some of the reasons that has led to our President making legendary speeches and influencing so many people in such tough times.
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I completely agree that Obama gains his power through the current state our country is in. Americans are desperate for change—poverty, unemployment, astronomical prices of healthcare—this need is what gives our political leaders such power. Desperation is a frame of mind where logic and morals can become fuzzy. After 9-11, Bush used the desperation of the American people to further his own agenda, and got a little power-happy in the process (well, more realistically, Dick Cheney got a little power-happy). We passed all sorts of shady legislation that gave the government much more power to invade our privacy, rendition to torture, etc. While a need for change gives our political leaders power, we have to carefully monitor what they do with their new-found power.
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