Obama's Gift Has Stopped Giving

Obama feels our economic pain.  We know this because he was so sincere as he addressed a joint session of Congress last Thursday.  Or at least he tried to sound that sincere.  The problem is that Obama struggles to come off empathetic, due to his inherently professorial speaking style.  To make up for this shortcoming, Obama often employs a sort of out-loud whisper to give the impression of intense emotion while still speaking quietly.  On Thursday, the president sought a doubly empathetic tone, but what resulted was speaking that sounded like an awkward cross between a grunt and a whisper