61.   On MSNBC, former Republican speech writer Peggy Noonan marveled at the downsized, college-classroom sort of lectern the nominee had chosen.

62.   Valenti followed Johnson to Washington, where his duties ranged from speech writer to congressional liaison.

63.   Ironically, Buchanan used to be a speech writer for President Richard Nixon and then President Ronald Reagan, who were both committed free-traders.