Personally, I' ve delivered a number of speechs that were over an hour in length, it isn't that tough. No notes, nothing. If you're speaking from the heart you have nothing to fear. Honesty should just come out naturally.Yes, most of these guys have speechwriters but we've also had alot of great Presidents who wrote their own speechs. They didn't pay millions of dollars in salaries to try and get it right. That's how they got elected!(what ever happened to those days?)
The other thing that bothers me is these guys are TERRIFIED of saying the wrong thing. One wrong word and they're out man. Hence, the reason for the speech writers. Hey, I'm no bleeding heart liberal but Bush has had everything handed to him on a silver platter. I, on the other hand, have had to struggle to get where I am, with NO help from dear old Mom and Dad. I think that counts for something. Hey, maybe I should run for President! Ya'll have a nice day now.