1981

(...) Obama is an accomplished writer in his own right, and the process of drafting with his mind reader is collaborative. The inaugural speech has shuttled between them four or five times, following an initial hour-long meeting in which the president-elect spoke about his vision for the address, and Favreau took notes on his computer.

Favreau then went away and spent weeks on research. His team interviewed historians and speech writers, studied periods of crisis, and listened to past inaugural orations. When ready, he took up residence in Starbucks in Washington and wrote the first draft. The end result will be uttered on the steps of the Capitol. (...)

Os cabelos brancos, vá lá; a barriga, nada que seja irreversível; agora saber que o speechwriter do Obama tem a minha idade deixa-me com uma crise de meia idade aos 27.