His bio mentions that he has a background in speech-writing.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Different Stripe:] Reference

The speech-writing process is, you know, the speech-writing process.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 19, 2001] Reference

Has Bob Shrum, John Kerry's political wizard, joined the White House speech-writing shop?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Caricature in Cleveland] Reference

Hit the post for more suggestions on how to adopt speech-writing techniques for everyday work communication.    From Wordnik.com.  [Use Three-Part Lists For Maximum Persuasion | Lifehacker Australia] Reference

I attribute it to a typical malfunction or insufficient error correction in one’s own speech-writing programs.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Wit and Humor of Barack Obama.] Reference

PODHORETZ: I am a partner in a firm called the White House Writers Group, which is a corporate speech-writing business.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hell of a Ride: Backstage at the White House Follies 1989-1993] Reference

Hugo has a terrific lead item in his Times column: namely that John Cleese is offering his speech-writing services to Barack Obama.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Ministry of Silly Talks?] Reference

It was a pleasure to work with quick minds, and one afternoon I joined in with glee when a speech-writing committee asked me for ideas.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Monstrous Regiment of Women]

After hearing a speech by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., he joined a speech-writing competition that took him to local schools and groups.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Soloist Finds His Company] Reference

SMERCONISH: Michael -- Michael, you ` ve got some credentials, a lot of credentials, relative to speech-writing and speech-making and so forth.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Apr 17, 2008] Reference

Edwards, talented speaker though he may be, does not hold a candle to Obama in terms of either brain power or speech-writing or speech-delivery skills.    From Wordnik.com.  [Obama Hits Hillary Camp For Allegedly Spreading Somali Garb Photo] Reference

Mr. Mankahlana's duties included the management of the entire communications component, including media liaison, speech-writing and communications research.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

The new head of Canadian PM Stephen Harper's speech-writing department is a former Calgary Herald columnist notorious for his outspoken opposition to equality.    From Wordnik.com.  [OpEdNews - Quicklink: Canadian PM's new speechwriter is a gay rights opponent] Reference

The speech-writing betrayed a fundamental contempt for Americans -- contempt for our common sense, for our reading and comprehension, for our ability to do basic math.    From Wordnik.com.  [David Quigg: Cheering Deceit in St. Paul] Reference

How about getting into the speech-writing business.    From Wordnik.com.  [Neptunus Lex] Reference

The first step to great speech-giving is great speech-writing.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Onion] Reference

Not in the sense of delivery, but the speech itself, the speech-writing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Talking Points Memo] Reference

TODAY I'm guessing someone on President Obama's speech-writing staff knows something about.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to Obama Tax Credits Aimed at Small-Business Hiring] Reference

I'm guessing someone on President Barack Obama's speech-writing staff knows something about.    From Wordnik.com.  [guampdn.com - Local News] Reference

Rather than symbols for spoken words, the basic symbols are You're reading "speech-writing.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Scientific Blogging] Reference

When I finished the speech-writing task, I offered it to my superiors who - without reading it.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Joplin Globe, Joplin, MO Home] Reference

A second important advantage to speech-writing is that one can get away with many fewer symbols for writing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scientific Blogging] Reference

For a week in advance the town was in violent throes of speech-writing, cake-baking, salad-mixing, and decorating.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mr. Opp] Reference

With all of the fuss over Sarah Palin's convention speech, I've been thinking a lot about effective speech-writing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Virginia Hughes] Reference

And the only way to master speech-writing is to enroll in one of the many speech-writing courses at Newbury College.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Onion] Reference

But in speech-writing the symbols are for speech sounds, and written words will consist of multiple speech sound symbols.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scientific Blogging] Reference

And when culture decided to go the speech-writing route rather than the logographic route, it created for itself a big dilemma.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scientific Blogging] Reference

Why should it have been so easy and apparently natural for the old races to invent a visible form of speech-writing rather than an audible form?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Notable Events of the Nineteenth Century Great Deeds of Men and Nations and the Progress of the World] Reference

If you are anything like Sara Lynn, you probably spent the majority of your time on the words writing your speech-writing it, adding and subtracting content.    From Wordnik.com.  [xml's Blinklist.com] Reference

If the look of a word depends on how speakers say the word, it would seem that all hope is lost in trying to make written words look object-like in speech-writing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scientific Blogging] Reference

Consider the following: "this President is highly involved in the speech-writing process.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bringing the "Perps," Bush and Cheney, to Justice] Reference

BBC News’ Magazine feature talks to speech-writing experts to see how the tactics used in public speaking can be adapted for other uses.    From Wordnik.com.  [Use Three-Part Lists For Maximum Persuasion | Lifehacker Australia] Reference

"Edwards, talented speaker though he may be, does not hold a candle to Obama in terms of either brain power or speech-writing or speech-delivery skills.    From Wordnik.com.  [Obama Hits Hillary Camp For Allegedly Spreading Somali Garb Photo] Reference