ohioisforbuckeyes, I know canned one liners work on people who prefer not to think. That's what I said in my original post. I guess I'd rather Obama does not pander to that type of person, but you are correct that that's not a good strategy for winning an election. I hardly think every swing voter falls into that category, though. I'm an independent, for instance, and it's not because I don't like to think. Quite the opposite--which is why I prefer Obama's thoughtful (albeit long-winded) tendencies to the glib, meaningless one-liners from McCain.