"Any speechwriters worth their dog-eared memoirs by Theodore Sorensen and Peggy Noonan would want to write this speech, but no one could have done it better than Michael Gerson."
Insight by a speechwriter.
The speach was a mess, Michael Gerson had a mild heart attack while writing it and his team of 'speach writers' came up with a campaign speach after they won.
Even Bush senior is coming out and saying there are no foreign policy implications that can be read into it.
William F Buckley was scratching his head about what it all meant.
In Inaugural Speach should be a simple "Thank you for your support", leave foreign policy for another day and more sober minds.