Looking at how Barrack sculpted his argument, along with knowing that everything in speeches like these is put in place for a specific reason prior to it being read aloud, I now agree even more with the fact that it is a powerful and well put together speech.
First, I enjoy the way Barrack, along with who ever wrote the speech, first addressed the main ways his opponent and his followers could, and have attacked him and his religious standards and practices. This creates a very strong base for Obama to break down and deny all of these counter examples, therefore assuring his character; a strong use of Ethos.
Also, when he states " 90 percent of us believe in God, 70 percent affiliate themselves with an organized religion, 38 percent call themselves committed Christians, and substantially more people in America believe in angels than they do in evolution," Barack uses cold hard facts and statistics to prove his points, which is using the most important tool of persuasion, Logos or appeal to logic.
These tools along with his careful lack of logical fallacies make for a very sturdy argument that not only proves his point, but I'm sure alter the opinions of their image of Obama.
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