Weigel

From the new Fox News poll, which gives Mitt Romney a 46-45 lead -- his first lead in two months.

This is for the base, but it's also true. Romney avoids the teleprompter for short speeches. Barack Obama hauls it out. I said this earlier today, but the belief that Obama is an affirmative-action candidate who can't string together homilies without a glowing screen is universally held on the right. It's not clear whether the average voter agrees, because it's a pretty disturbing concept. At least, it's not as big a problem for Obama as Ronald Reagan's age was when he was 73 and stumbling through debates.