That said, I think we do tend to make pretty quick judgments about people based on their look, bearing, their tone of voice and patterns of speech, body language, etc. Sometimes those judgments are the most powerful ones we can make, and weigh most heavily in deciding who to choose as friend or foe.

I don't think that's always a bad thing, either. We may be naturally wired up that way... maybe even for good old-fashioned evolutionary reasons.

I thought it was maybe a little too slick, too.

Still, it did allow Obama to tie policy bites to a narrative, and to present all the stuff he's been talking about on the trail in the context of a cohesive theme -- with really touching stories about real people to tie it all together. It was good, on balance, I think.