I’ve spent most of my life working with two materials: words and politicians. I’ve written about politicians, and I’ve written for them. As Jim Hunt’s main speechwriter his first two terms and frequent contributor the second two terms – along with dozens of other politicians I have worked with – I’ve probably written as much political BS as any human alive.

I’ve read and studied a lot of political speeches – mostly American Presidents and politicians.

But I don’t think I’ve ever read a better speech than the one Barack Obama gave about race on Tuesday.

No, one speech does not mean he should be President. But that one speech does reveal qualities that would be nice to have in a President, especially after eight years of George Bush: empathy, intellectual honesty, the fearlessness to challenge common assumptions on both sides of the political and racial divide and a fierce quest for what is right in America today.

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It may be just words, as Hillary Clinton would say. But it’s good words.

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