david litt is part of that club.he covered a range of weighty issues, his speciality was comedy. he's out with a new memoire, and he told us what it was like turning the commander in chief into a comedian in chief. i remember the first day i walked through the gates of the white house, thinking, wait a second, they are actually going to let me in? my name is david litt, i was a speechwriter for president obama from 2011— speechwriter for president obama from 2011- 2016. i speechwriter for president obama from 2011— 2016. i am now author of a book, thanks obama. a keen to washington, dc with what passes for a comedy background. i did improv in college. —— achan to washington. it was nice to have a niche. in 2012i became betoken in—house any person the white house. good evening everybody, welcome to the white house correspondence dinner comedy night when washington celebrates its self. when it easyjet speeches came up, igot self. when it easyjet speeches came up, i got to punch above my weight class a little bit and ta

. >> david litt, i read a great analysis in "the wall street journal" this week that said it dependshere you are in the economy right now another -- pardon me, where you are in the country right now, how you perceive the economy. another reflection of this red state/blue state phenomena that people that are red staters right now, they're much more optimistic than those who are in the blue states? >> well, i think scott talked about talking the economy up i think there's one thing i learned as a speech writer in the white house it's that actions do speak louder than words. i think if you look at democrats right now, there's a real fear. people remember what it was like it's in bush years where he passed huge irresponsible tax cut. democrats had to clean it up. now what are we doing? we're looking at more huge irresponsible tax cuts. some of the pessimism that a lot of my fellow democrats feel, it's not about the state of the economy today. it's about even one example thatfishfithat forbes magazine said makes it even more unprecedented. >> scott, go ahead and react to that. >> thing fo

david litt is part of that elite club and for nearly five years he helped write the words for presidenticans. mr litt is now out with a new memoir and we caught up with him to discuss his experience. i remember the first day i watched through the states —— negates the white house, thinking, wait a second, they are actually going to let me in? i was a speech writer for president obama from 2011 to 2016, i and offer —— i am an offer of a new book on the those years. at had done some improv comedy in college, so it was nice to have a niche in 2012, becoming more or less the token in—house funny person for the white house. welcome to the white house correspondents dinner, the night when washington celebrate itself. when these joke speeches came up, i got to punch above my weight class a little bit and take responsibility ofa little bit and take responsibility of a speech that otherwise might not have gotte n of a speech that otherwise might not have gotten if it was more serious. my name is barack obama, my mother was born in kansas, my father was born in kenya and i was born, of course, in

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