IN WHICH I TRY MY HAND AT SPEECHWRITING....A short speech I'd like to see: It's unfortunate that President Bush continues to play chicken with the well-being of our troops in the field. Up on the ...

What Trump’s speechwriting team can learn from Clinton’s 1998 scandal President Bill Clinton acknowledges the applause as he starts his State of The Union address in 1998 flanked by Vice ...

According to John McConnell, what role did speechwriters have in the George W. Bush administration? Summarize McConnell’s speechwriting experience from the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

Max Harris (COL ’15) returned to campus this fall hoping to find an internship as a speechwriter in the D.C. area. But when he never got a job offer, he decided to create one of his own, partnering ...

Five former presidential speechwriters discussed the role of presidential speechwriters throughout history and their relationships with the presidents they served. Topics included their ...

Speculative Speechwriting: What If Obama Delivered His Nomination Acceptance Speech on May 22, Talk Like Yoda Day? Gathered did a group of men in a hall like this one many years ago.

Kenneth Baer is the founder and CEO of Crosscut Strategies and helped run the Democratic convention speechwriting operation from 2000 to 2016. Jeff Nussbaum is a partner at Bully Pulpit ...

Jeff Shesol Five myths about political speechwriting July 22, 2016 More than 8 years ago ...

The other key collaborator was Christopher Michel , 26, who will become the new speechwriting deputy, having worked his way up from being an unpaid intern after graduating from Yale five years ago.

They don’t bang their shoes at the United Nations or prematurely declare peace for our time, but with those fortunate exceptions, the Israeli diplomats described in Gregory Levey’s debut ...

The book offers a glimpse into the roots of the speechwriting going on behind the scenes in current presidential campaigns as well. Sen. Barack Obama’s (D-Ill.) speechwriting team includes a ...

Boehner has seemed like a reasonable, public-spirited guy, put in an awkward situation by the lean-and-hungry Eric Cantor and his troops. This cannot be a performance he'll be proud of. Let's hope ...