And why is it the Democrats start out every one of their responses with some life-story of the guy delivering it? Dude, you're not running for office - you're delivering a response :p

I think it's supposed to trick us into thinking that they're actually human ;)

the whole thing looked more and more like a really bad informercial.

"And if you call within the next fifteen minutes, we'll include your very own Cindy Sheehan action figure!"