inspite of coming from good political stock, and from a family who are grandstanding 90% of the time , Rahul seems to have crossed the thin line dividing hamming-on-the-podium and what is known as the "george bush syndrome". even al gore had it. this entails speaking your heart out on topics that one knows nothing about.this entail having an eternal foot-in-the-mouth.for such sort of people a team of speech writers are necessary as otherwise they may spell doom for the political party they represent.