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Previewing Obama’s speech

Obama’s top campaign strategist, David Axelrod, told Politico that Obama’s speech tonight would draw inspiration from 3 historical convention speeches: John F. Kennedy in 1960, Ronald Reagan in 1980, and Bill Clinton in 1992. I’ve dug up text and video of those speeches below, and some snippets that seem to relate to Obama’s campaign themes. Note that JFK also moved his speech outdoors.