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Seen him away from the teleprompter and speech writers yesterday when asked about this, all "uhs" and stutters, NOT A CLUE.

Obama's VP vetter steps aside 2008

Obama has problems with the under $50,000 crowd, his support is uneven across the voting demographics and a tendency to have too many "uhs" in his discourse although he improved in the last debate.

Polls: Hillary Holds General Election Leads In Upper Midwest 2009

Let me admit though for the record that while I still hear "uhs" and other filler in my own and others' speech, I have lost most of the skills that I had gained through ToastMasters, in the maybe eight years since I last participated.

Sean Hannity interviews Sarah Palin. Ann Althouse 2008

Palin may have had it, since she seems aware of her "uhs" and seems to be trying to compensate for them.

Sean Hannity interviews Sarah Palin. Ann Althouse 2008

The reason for the "uhs" and the "umms" is that he's trying to do lawyerly parsing in his head on the fly, and he's not parsing fast enough to keep up with his mouth.

In anticipation of Friday's debate, the NYT sizes up Obama and McCain. Ann Althouse 2008

Now he equivocates and avoids, much like the politicians he's bemoaned in the past, even while he himself hems and haws -- and we count all the "uhs," "ums" and "ems" in his once flawless speechifications.

Reese Schonfeld: Why Should Anyone Vote for Either of These Two Guys? 2008

If there were gratuitous "uhs" and "bikesnobs" thrown in there, it might have been OC.

The Indignity of Commuting by Bicycle: The Dog Days BikeSnobNYC 2008

He can't get through a sentence without at least two-three "uhs," his eye lids flutter up and down in what my daughter, Carly, calls the "liar's blink" and just because it is painful that a human like that is ostensibly the leader of the free world.

Money Trumps Peace...Sometimes 2007

The Bush campaign edited out the "uhs," and (before NBC objected) posted excerpts on the Internet to show steadfast leadership.

SUPER-SIZING THE PRESIDENT 2007

But the Illinois senator punctuated his answer with six "uhs," which voice researchers call "disfluencies."

Talk Is Cheap in Politics, 2007