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White House Ghosts: Presidents and Their Speechwriters
By Robert Schlesinger -
Nation & World
- May 2, 2008
How John F. Kennedy’s most illustrious speeches were constructed.
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How Obama's 'Cling to Guns and Religion' Remarks Got on the Web
Michael Barone
- April 15, 2008
Arianna Huffington herself approved the publication of the "bitter" remarks.
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Clinton Pledges to Go After Corporate Crime
By Luke Mullins -
The Collar
- April 14, 2008
Presidential contender says that she would be tough on white-collar crime.
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Obama's Remarks Are Liberal Snobbery
By Michael Barone -
Michael Barone
- April 14, 2008
The Democratic candidate's "bitter" comment could hurt him as the Democratic nominee.
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Rhetoric and Speaking Style Affect the Clinton-Obama Race
By Kent Garber -
Nation & World
- March 25, 2008
What makes a speech "good" and a politician a "good speaker"? Do speeches matter?
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Obama Speech Falls Short
By Bonnie Erbe -
To the Contrary
- March 19, 2008
The senator failed to reach the critical constituencies beyond his flock.
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Obama's Race Speech Heralded as Historic
By Liz Halloran -
Nation & World
- March 18, 2008
African-American scholars and leaders see this as the presidential candidate's moment to lead.
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State of the Union Preview
News Desk
- January 28, 2008
Tonight's State of the Union address will be a realistic, relatively low-key speech that recognizes the limits of President Bush's power in his final year in office, White House insiders tell U.S. News. To that end, the president will advocate transferring more power from Washington to the individual citizen but won't have big new initiatives to announce.
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Waxman Hunting for Bush Lies
By Paul Bedard -
Washington Whispers
- October 12, 2007
Henry Waxman is still sniffing around the White House for proof the president lied when making the case for going to war in Iraq.
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The Gipper Could Write Speeches Too
Washington Whispers
- June 3, 2007
Ronald Reagan sure had a bright team of writers to draft his unique words, but now we've got proof that the Gipper was pretty good on his own when it came to tuning up those speeches. It's a rare hand-edited text of one of Reagan's most famous and memorable addresses: "The Great Communicator's" 1988 goodbye at the Republican National Convention.
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More an Architect Than a Bridge Builder
Washington Whispers
- May 1, 2007
Our recent item raising questions about whether Sen. Barack Obama's political guru David Axelrod minted Bill Clinton's memorable "Bridge to the 21st Century" phrase–as a recent New York Times Magazine profile suggests–got Axelrod's hackles up.
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