CSPAN3 April 7, 2012
the union speeches tended to be much shorter than his successors. reagan's state of the union statements were 4800 words long and he delivered them crisply often getting out in 45 to 50 minutes. by contrast, clinton's barack obama, many have been as long as 7200 words clocking in at a delivery time that is probably starting to annoy even fidel castro. when we contemplate not nearly will the the spectacle of the modern presidency, but we also have to take out the outside expectations promised by candidates and demanded by the people, it is then jarring to reflect on something that har...
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