In response to the “was he sleeping” question, a smart Hill staffer e-mails: “I’m agnostic on the Presidential race, so this isn’t meant to defend one particular Senator or other, but in most cases, members who looked like that in screen shots are actually reading along with the speech and thus looking straight down. Obama had the same problem last night—it looked like he was sleeping, when he certainly wasn’t. Members are all given the written text of the speech, and many read along and make notes along the way.”