Tonights guest was a fulltime speechwriter for president gerald ford and a consulting writer to george h. W. Bush. He served as founding president of the freedom of Expression Foundation in washington, d. C. He has won numerous awards for his research, including an award for political communication. It is with pleasure that i welcome dr. Craig smith. Ladies and gentlemen, would you please welcome dr. Craig smith. [applause] dr. Smith, it is a pleasure to see you and thank you for being here tonight. You have written for some of the most powerful people in the world. Can you tell us about your early life and how you got to be a president ial speechwriter. Dr. Smith the way i became a president ial speechwriter could only happen in america. I was an undergraduate debater where i got a lot of training in how to make cases, how to sift evidence and build arguments. I went on for a phd in communication studies, where i focused on the ancients. All of those things are incorporated in the spe
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Brennan and jon fortt at post 9 of the New York Stock Exchange stocks rallying today with that trade deal reaching phase one in the books. Banks, earnings season capped off nicely by Morgan Stanley dow closes above 29,000 yesterday for the first time and we see s p 500 up over 3,000 for the first time guys, good morning. Chris, the question ive got this morning is where do you find opportunity in a market thats been roaring like this . You look at the growth fund, also small caps are small caps a place where investors should be paying more attention . They arguably havent run quite as much. I spent the last two days meeting with about 30 companies, small to midcap. And the excitement in the hallways at the conference were quite good the opportunities are very specific, though i think you have to look at the end markets. You know, data center recover will be better this year 5g weve talked about, infrastructure and devices but we also see Software Security, clearly after the iran situat
Plus feeling the burn. Well look at the one sector that may be just a bit out of the sync, and later on we have a fast pitch for you one of our traders is still bullish. Thats your fast pitch theres your mystery chart place your guesses the name and the interview ahead. All of that coming up when we begin with a wild ride on wall street today stocks plunges a matter of minutes, the dow falling almost 400 points the dow down 128 points. You know, guy adami, traders have attributed this to articles about the coronavirus either way, does this kind of show you how shaky or nervous the market might actually be . The vulnerability of the market itself. I think the answer is yes its okay to be vulnerable i love that mr. Toads wil it doesnt show yes, it does, brian we look with value to 148 billion, 85 if it was a publicly traded company, we would talk about it every day. It can also happen to individual stocks we saw how fast the market went lower today, but things that have sort of been a ha
History. Craig smith is the author of confessions of the president ial speechwriter. He talks about writing for president ford and george h. W. Bush, the speaking style of President Trump and the democratic candidates. The discussion was hosted by the Dole Institute of politics at the university of kansas. Tonights guest was a fulltime speechwriter for president gerald ford and a consulting writer to george h. W. Bush. He served as founding president of the freedom of Expression Foundation in washington, d. C. Numerous awards for his research, including an award for political communication. It is with pleasure that i welcome dr. Craig smith. Would you please welcome dr. Craig smith. [applause] you have written for some of the most powerful people in the world. Can you tell us about your early life and how you got to be a president ial speechwriter. Dr. Smith the way i became a president ial speechwriter could only happen in america. , i got aundergraduate lot of training in how to make