Watching Obama deliver his inauguration speech today reminded me that it was probably largely written in a D.C. Starbucks by a 27-year-old man named John Favreau. If you are interested in the relationship between presidents and their speechwriters I commend a new book: White House Ghosts: Presidents and Their Speechwriters by Robert Schlesinger (Simon & Schuster, 12/2008).
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Tony Reinke 
While I sit in a Starbucks as I type this response, I recall hearing Rush Limbaugh state that President Obama wrote this speech himself. Allegedly locking himself in a room for two days so he could concentrate on it. No doubt the book you recommend is a good read – I like the ‘behind the scenes’ “history” myself. God bless,
Click on the Washington Post link. I think Obama had a little help. Tony