Adam Frank, writing for NPR, complains about a CNN report suggesting that President Obama's recent speech on the oil spill might have been "pitched over the head [sic] of the American people," because it required a tenth-grade level of comprehension. According to CNN analyst Paul J.J. Payback: "Obama's nearly 10th-grade-level rating was the highest of any of his major speeches and well above the grade 7.4 of his 2008 'Yes, we can' victory speech, which many consider his best effort…. The scores indicate that this was not Obama at his best, especially when attempting to make an emotional connection to the American people."