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More on speechwriting and Obama's Wesleyan address (updated)

(Major update after the jump) Yesterday (China time) I mentioned that, based on comparisons of a commencement address he delivered two years ago and one he gave this weekend, Barack Obama "has gotten better at the necessary poetry of ceremonial... ...full story at James Fallows

from James Fallows on Tue, May 27 2008

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