Speechifying

Pretty great article HERE from Jon Favreau (no, not the fat guy from Rudy) (tho yes, coming from me you're right to assume it would be) on writing Obama's 2008 convention speech:

It was the first true all-nighter I ever pulled. But by the time we arrived in Denver the next morning, we had ourselves a speech — or, at the very least, a speech that Obama was ready to line edit. The rest of the speechwriting team joined us at the convention, and we all went back and forth on drafts until dinner. As we left to get some food, Obama said, “Favs, don’t come back after dinner. You’ve been up for two days straight now. Your mother would kill me. Go get some rest. We can take it from here, and we’ll wake you up if anything exciting happens.”

That’s the man I worked for.