the nation turns to the president to whom does the president turn for help in stepping up to this unbidenoment? there is not yet, as they say, an app for that. so the president has to go old school. george washington in his first term was thinking about maybe stepping down after a term in office so he asked james madison to help him write some fair well address.

the nation turns to the president to whom does the president turn for help in stepping up to this unbiden moment? there is not yet, as they say, an app for that. so the president has to go old school. george washington in his first term was thinking about maybe stepping down after a term in office so he asked james madison to help him write some fair well address. washingtonened up serving two full terms setting the example for the people who followed him. but four years on he dusted off the madison draft and asked hamilton to take a look and make suggestions which i think instantly, and i'm sure no one here will take any offense, gives george washington the greatest speech writing team ever. that is until the trump administration which i gather will have a bigger, classier, speech writing team. so presidents from the beginning have sought help occasionally. but it wasn't until the rise of mass communication that the speech writer became part of the presidential orbit. the first president who is credited with having a full-time speech writer was warren harding. it's no surprise that hardi