That’s Not How You Endorse Your Presidential Candidate

The keynote speaker’s job is to pump up the party’s constituents and get them excited about the candidate. Or, at least, that’s what the speaker’s job is supposed to be. So why did Chris Christie do such a bad job of endorsing Mitt Romney?

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Jessica Jaffe

Sep 7, 2012

Here’s a word cloud of Chris Christie’s speech. Can you find Romney?

For contrast, here’s the word cloud for Bill Clinton’s speech:

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