"No one calls her a brilliant orator w or w/o the teleprompter."
Well, it's not fair of her to hate on Obama for using one, when she used one herself. A lot of this speech for the tea party was not her usual quality, because she kept putting her head down reading. She could have given a stronger speech with more eye contact and momentum, using a teleprompter.
But then, she would have had one less thing to attack obama for.
Hate on him or not... you gotta admit obama can speak passionately on topics without the teleprompter. He says "Uh..." a lot, but he was able to face the repub last week with nothing more than his memory - no hand notes.
Honestly, I never thought we'd have such a 'palin moment' as big as this hand notes thing. I'm really hoping the repubs don't settle for her in 2012. She is already talking about running - something people NEVER do a full 3 years out. So maybe like Jindal, she'll peak and burn out and let some more prepared and experienced GOp canddiate get the nod.