It's hard being a twin

Jenna and Barbara Bush, twin daughters of the President, are out stumping for their father on college campuses. It seems to be going swimmingly for them:

An hour later, the twins arrived, amid flashbulbs and loud applause from the crowd, which, by then, had swelled to nearly 100 people. The First Daughters seemed slightly nervous, and Jenna, who spoke first, flubbed her lines a few times while reading from a prepared speech. "Oops, I lost my place," she said at one point, smiling at the audience and shrugging her shoulders.

In a talk reminiscent of their RNC speech but minus the bad jokes, the twins shared family anecdotes and urged the crowd to support their dad's re-election effort. "The stakes are higher in this election than any other election in our lifetime," Barbara said, amid applause. "We appreciate anything you can do to help our dad."

Later that afternoon, the sisters delivered the same talk to an overflow crowd of nearly 150 at the University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh. With every delivery, they seemed more comfortable, even sassy. At one point, Jenna paused at what was clearly meant to be an applause line during the speech. When no one clapped, she looked up, eyed a girl in the front row, and said, "Clap!" The applause began, she smiled and turned to Barbara, who simply laughed.

It's clear that the Bush daughters are fairly bad at this sort of thing, and I can't really see them inspiring anyone to get out the vote. The students they visit on campus seem more interested in the daughters than what they have to say. I await for their first major slip up to draw attention away from the issues if dad's numbers continue to drop.

They are their father's daughters, by the way, as the crowds they speak to are strictly partisan and not open to the public.