Barack Obama Quote

I think that I'm a better speechwriter than my speechwriters. I know more about policies on any particular issue than my policy directors. And I'll tell you right now that I'm gonna think I'm a better political director than my political director.


Reported by Ryan Lizza in the New Yorker, said to Patrick Gaspard during a job interview in 2007.

Battle Plans - The New Yorker[newyorker.com]


I think that I'm a better speechwriter than my speechwriters. I know more about policies on any particular issue than my policy directors. And I'll...

I think that I'm a better speechwriter than my speechwriters. I know more about policies on any particular issue than my policy directors. And I'll...

I think that I'm a better speechwriter than my speechwriters. I know more about policies on any particular issue than my policy directors. And I'll...

I think that I'm a better speechwriter than my speechwriters. I know more about policies on any particular issue than my policy directors. And I'll...