Political Speechwriting

Barack Obama and the Power of Language

Robert Schlesinger | Posted 03.18.2008 | Politics

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Robert Schlesinger

This morning's speech is the critical moment of Obama's campaign: Failure could trigger the kind of political collapse for which the Clintonites have been waiting.

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State of the Union: Don't Overthink It?

Robert Schlesinger | Posted 01.28.2008 | Politics

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Robert Schlesinger

There may now be scientific proof to the adage that you campaign in poetry but govern in prose.

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Finding Obama's voice

Robert Schlesinger | Posted 01.21.2008 | Politics

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Robert Schlesinger

The reason JFK and Ted Sorensen are the benchmark for speechwriting is that Sorensen worked for Kennedy for eight years before they entered the White House.

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