SCOTT: Is that what you get, Jim, when you hire a 27-year-old speech writer, chief speech writer?

JIM PINKERTON, FELLOW, NEW AMERICA FOUNDATION: A 27-year-old speech writer who has had several YouTube early moments, if anyone is curious, about him, what he thinks of Hillary Clinton or playing beer pong with his friends. Yes, there is — there's much to be said for having Ted Sorenson or Arthur Schlesinger as opposed to this kid writing speeches.

What was most interesting to me about all — and speaking of the speech, was what Dan Froomkin, of the Huffington Post said — who is a fan of Obama — as is the entire Huffington Post, and said, the most depressing thing about this speech, to him, was that Obamans really believed internally that it would change everything. They called it an inflection point. They said it would change everything. And, in fact, as Froomkin said, it didn't change a thing.