Fact check. Here is what the report states:

"He recited his standard stump speech, but there was a confident, almost giddy, spirit in his voice and among the crowd of a few hundred supporters."

Notice that it says: "almost giddy". That is a really poor choice of words. How does one gauge something such as "almost giddy". Sounds like he was probably feeling upbeat and ebullient. What did they expect him to be, dejected at having won his first big test? Seems like the reporter was the only giddy ass there.