Has anyone noticed the change in Bush's cadence and speaking style? I have noticed that it must have been decided by Rove that the folksy thing wasn't working anymore and that he would have to sound more statesman-like. I'm going to start listening to some old speeches compared to the recent ones to try and determine when exactly this change took place in our doesn't-lead-by-polls president.
I haven't heard anyone mention it, but there is definitely a very different cadence being used that is more rhythmic and there is stress on the last word of each sentence. There is also a very noticeable stress on certain words like he is trying very, very hard to pronounce them correctly. This isn’t extremely important, I just find it odd that nobody else has seemed to notice or mention it.
