JFK speech writer Ted Sorensen on the Challenges of Obama’s Acceptance Speech

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When Barack Obama accepts the Democratic presidential nomination, he'll do it outside – evoking memories of John F. Kennedy's acceptance speech in 1960 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Kennedy adviser Ted Sorensen helped craft that speech. Sorenson speaks with Ryan Warner.Listen to JFK's “New Frontier” Speech