Making Speech History
The Leonard Lopate Show | May 10, 2010
Barack Obama has drawn comparisons to politicians of every stripe – from John F. Kennedy to Ronald Reagan. We look at last night’s acceptance speech and ask former Clinton speechwriter Ted Widmer whether Sen. Obama was channeling any politicians from the past. Ted Widmer is now the Director of the John Carter Brown Library at Brown University and a Senior Fellow at the New America Foundation.
