The big question we all must consider during the first year of his presidency is whether his communications strategy will ever switch out of perpetual campaign mode—and what the repercussions will be if it doesn’t.
On December 9, 2016, the Miller Center assembled five former speechwriters from the first years of the Reagan, Bush 41, Clinton, Bush 43, and Obama presidencies to discuss their tenures and the lessons learned. What follows is a summary of key points from the discussion.