Senator Obama's Essay 'Yes We Can'

A presidential candidate is very similar to an actor. They both perform through employing various strategies around their body language, tone, and diction choice to grab the attention of the audience or voters. Their performance creates an impression on the viewer, which, for the candidate, is very critical to their election outcome. Therefore, candidates like Senator Obama and McCain in 2008 prepare for every debate and public appearance to create a certain impression to try to entice the voters to vote for them. Americans, especially Millennials, however, want to believe that the candidate is giving an honest response, not a rehearsed one. Americans want an impression of sincerity, not only on the presidential level, but everywhere.
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Senator McCain became the republican nominee after his Wisconsin primary victory. In his victory speech, McCain rushed to his main point of his speech, which meant he failed to build enough of an appearance that made his main argument become more believable. An example of this is that he only smiled right before he started the speech, but his smile didn’t even last three seconds. Because his smile was so short, the appearance that Senator McCain is an approachable and nice person was not as strong as Obama’s smile during his “Yes We Can” speech.
Throughout the speeches, Senator Obama appeared as a more thankful and appreciative person compared to Senator McCain. Senator McCain briefly glossed over his thankfulness of what his voters have done. He only thanked them briefly, while Senator Obama spent a long portion of his “Yes We Can” speech on thanking his supporters and showing them how thankful he is for their support. This causes Senator Obama to appear as the candidate who is much more thankful and appreciative for all the support his voters have given