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yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 8/28/2008
Bill Clinton
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May I just observe that while Barack Obama relies on having well-written speeches to make his oratorical performances impressive, Bill Clinton is just relying on pure skills of awesomeness to make texts that are pretty disjointed on the page seem incredibly compelling.

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Ross Douthat — So Bill Clinton, tonight as always, makes it all look sooooo easy. But here's the thing: America is a country of 300 million people and just two political parties. You would think that out of all those millions, the parties would be able to find at least a few dozen politicians with a Clintonesque gift of gab - at least enough to fill up four nights' worth of prime-time speaking gigs once every four years. And yet, and yet ... ...

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