If Obama were the great speaker his supporters claim him to be, he could wing it and no one would notice. But, um, ahh, you know, the, um Messiah aren't, um, too, ahh, goood without a, um, ahh, tele-jiggy-thing.
Imagine how this would be reported if Bush had done it.
From, um, Politico
President Obama's speech at the National Academy of Sciences Monday morning hit a brief snag when Obama got ahead of his script.
Laying his plan for a President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, Obama began to name the members of PCAST listed in his prepared remarks - before realizing he'd already introduced them, earlier in his speech.
"In addition to John - sorry, the - I just noticed I jumped the gun here," Obama said, pausing for several seconds as he looked at the prompter. "Go ahead. Move it up. I had already introduced all you guys."
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