[samantha]

#186, if you watch him closely, and listen to him, he talks slower than ever and his NW Florida Cracker drawl (which he mostly lost) is back and very pronounced. Example I never heard him refer to Oil Drilling as "All drillin", and "Ahm gawannah do sumpin bout it" He has a particularly far off look and a really eerie, peculiar, out of place ear to ear grin. He cannot follow the Conversation very well, and he goes off like he is deaf and did not really hear the question. He hears fine, but something is lost between his ears and his brain. It is very sad to see a grown man embarrassed like that, especially since he is a US Senator from my State. Don't take my word for it, TIVO it and re- examine.I am wondering what the Family is doing about it.

[PerConPat]

He cannot follow the Conversation very well, and he goes off like he is deaf and did not really hear the question.

He responded to several questions, during the News Hour interview, as if completely different subjects were under discussion. More than once the interviewer had to steer Nelson back onto the topic. I very distinctly remember thinking that he was wandering around quite a bit.