He is not terrible, but his performance does make one wonder, somewhat wistfully, who else might be out there.
Some had wondered, somewhat optimistically, whether Mr. McCain would enliven the otherwise cut-and-dried convention by saying something intemperate, but he made it clear he would be a good boy.
But as you gazed across the numerous empty patches of land dotted across the festival site, even in a year when such a host of talent was on show, you had to wonder, somewhat forlornly, about the future of the Big Chill.
"What did I do?" he wonders aloud, somewhat baffled by the fact that he has already forgotten plans that took many weeks to make.
You wonder if that somewhat detracts people from looking at the underlying problems and the low achievement".
No wonder Osborne said, somewhat smugly, in an interview in 2011 that, having expected to become British politics' public enemy number one, he "hadn't reckoned on Nick Clegg".
One wonders whether Ms. Arcement feels somewhat intimidated by interpreting a role based on Ms. Hamilton or whether the director has tamped down what should be a more exuberant performance.
No wonder Schmadtke has been – somewhat reluctantly – forced into opening new contract talks with Slomka.
"The taste of the food is a big difference, and people have opened up," she said, somewhat in wonder.
Not that the fans seem unhappy with the trend at the moment, but one cannot help wonder how long the somewhat surreal merry-go-round can continue turning.
