I'm anxious to find out who wrote it.
Karen Hughes was interviewed earlier today on Fox News by Britt Hume [if I remember correctly] talking about the speech. She indicated that Michael Gerson who has crafted most of the President's major speeches since 2000 and the President begin discussing it immediately after the election. Ideas and words begin to be put to paper.... After some time the drafts were circulated among others such as herself, VP Cheney, Andrew Card, Condi Rice, etc. They all had some input or suggestions... There may have been as many as 21 drafts up to the delivery today.