Prep and circumstance
President Barack Obama, his oratorical skills already the stuff of political legend, has spent much of his young presidency demonstrating the limits of the power of presidential speechmaking to rivet the American public or to bend Congress to his will.
But at least one speech still matters.
When Obama delivers his second address to the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner, he’ll do so at an event that’s evolved from a clubby roast into a crucial moment of presidential self-definition. In 2009, he joked about his sky-high popularity, deflating it before it deflated itself.
“I believe that my next 100 days will be so successful I will be able to complete them in 72 days, and on the 73rd day, I’m going to rest,” Obama deadpanned.
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