Obama's edits

I think that President Obama made the changes that he did to appeal more to the audience. At the beginning he makes sure the audience knows the relationship between himself and his good pal "Teddy". He made it sound more personal by adding in his own stories. This could've been done because he didn't write the speech to begin with and with the use of "we" and "I" and other more personal words, it made it look like he did write it. Or he could've wrote and it and made these edits to show that he has an understanding and can relate to his topic and the people involved. Some of his changes puts a more happy Hollywood touch on the speech that make all political parties happy. All the tactics he uses are exactly what you would expect from any politician. He knew what those changes would do and how the audience would respond to each one. I think that his edits served their purpose and probably gave him the exact response that he wanted. I would agree with the edits he made. He's a good speaker and knows how to appeal to different kinds of audiences.