Just goes to show that Obama needs a script.

Thinking on his feet is not his strong suit. Hell, it took him 20 years to figure out his pastor is racsist and anti-American.

You people are not accustomed to a man who THINKS before he speaks.

No doubt rehearsed, fear-filled pat answers from Hillary and Bill are all you can understand.

What I'd like to see is a Bush "duh" count.

But really, who has the time?

Geez..it's a late night COMEDY show - making fun of politicians is what they do!!!! Lighten up - no matter who will be President, they are sure to get 4 years of this from all of the late night talk show hosts. Y'all are really getting REALLY myopic!

Wow this won't go over big with Obama nutties here. Criticism of your candidate. I could see the exploding heads on this blog already.

I'm an Obama supporter and I enjoy these jabs by comedians and late night talk show hosts. They keep him human and I'm sure he finds them amusing as well.

Could it be that he thinks before he speaks? I wish he would do it a lot more, lately he's been speaking before he thinks!")

this is clearly not letterman's finest hour -
the obama "uh" is clearly
a calibrated timing mechanism -
not unlike the genius of woody allen,
who letterman clearly worships -
as do all comedians.

this was a clunky moment of letterman
attempting to appear "balanced."
it is an embarrassment to all thinking people.

Jesus, give me a break. On the one side, people criticize Senator Obama for "only" being able to give great speeches, or acknowledge patronizingly that he is only a great orator, and now make fun of him as someone who doesn't speak well, saying "uh" too much. I really believe that Americans may just be the stupidest people on the face of the earth. No wonder the rest of the world laughs - and sadly shake their heads - at us.

Big deal. Many (if not most) public speakers do that. The brain is searching for the right word. It's not easy to search for the right words sometimes when you are trying to make an impact. Clinton says "and uh" MORE than Obama says "uh" in respective speeches. There are more important things to concentrate on.

Tonight as I watched Obama on Larry King, it first occured to me that he say's uh a lot. I always attributed his manner of speech to the fact that he is trying to find the most appropriate word. He needs to work on it, it was a little annoying tonight.

Trust me, Dave-O, stick with "Great Moments In Presidential Speeches".

You can keep mining that vein until you retire in 2010.

He does say "uh" a lot. But that probably means his brain is ticking.

Hilarious. This is harmless fun, like the "Pelosi blink count".... he's not above being made fun of. Lord knows Letterman pokes fun at Hillary too (ie/ the delegate count joke during the same show)...
Obama supporters need to lighten UP.

Ultimately, this is harmless fun. So he says "uh" a lot. The other candidates have their foibles too. Have a sense of humor, folks. It certainly beats the lame excrement that SNL has been squirting out of late.