I don't hear great poetic oratory from either leaders of the Republicans in the USA

Since you brought up political speeches, I'd have to say that most people considered both Gore's concession speech and Bush's Inaugural Address to be very good, dare I say poetic.

Some excerpts from Bush's speech:

"Through much of the last century, America's faith in freedom and democracy was a rock in a raging sea. Now it is a seed upon the wind, taking root in many nations."

"I ask you to be citizens. Citizens, not spectators. Citizens, not subjects. Responsible citizens, building communities of service and a nation of character."

"And sometimes our differences run so deep, it seems we share a continent, but not a country."