http://pop.youtube.com/watch?v=Jjt_qaCPtzM&feature=related

This speech is Michelle Obama speaking to a crowd of supporters to energize them and the National T.V. audience in favor of Mr. Obama. This speech is so well delivered that it leaves the viewer a sense that Barrack is 'one of us'.

Michelle Obama utilizes several points in this speech that we have learned in class. Firstly she did a tremendous job of learning who she was speaking to. She says 'I don't want the world to see me as the future first lady.' She goes on to say that she is a product of the public education system and that her blue collar father worked hard to put her into an Ivy League school. This is right up the alley of typical Democrats in that they tend to be working class people and enjoy seeing stories of the American Dream.

She begins her speech with a 'moving bar' analogy which is referring to the standards of society that continually raise and keep the working class person down. Her speech ends with this same analogy and she even concludes the speech with the phrase 'the bar is moving'. This repetition drives home the point and leaves the viewer with a sense that the bar really is moving.

Finally, Michelle Obama does a tremendous job of changing her pitch and moving her hands to keep the viewer interested. This is a perfect example of the nonveral communication skills talked about in class.