Speechwriters on Policy

I wrote Paper 3 on the role of speechwriters on policy. I posted my paper on my blog. Intro graf:

This paper will briefly explore the role of speechwriting on policy by examining the creation of three important phrases in American presidential history: Ronald Reagan's "evil empire" remark in 1983, Ronald Reagan's "tear down this wall" remark in 1987, and George W. Bush's "evil axis" remark in 2002. I will argue that in these high profile cases the influence between policy experts and speechwriters was bi-directional, with speechwriters creating policy (or a presidential attitude) as much as interpreting and verbalizing it.