Tag Clouds of Obama's Inaugural Speech Compared to Bush's

You have to give some points to his speech-writer magicians.

I don't know who wrote this speech, but that person is very good at getting the points across that his administration wanted the people to hear -- but could also could hear Obama speaking.

But you are right -- this will go down in history as a historic and elegant speech.

What I find interesting is that no single word jumps out as much as "freedom" for Bush or "government" for Reagan or "new" for Clinton. This is consistent with what you are saying, Obama is not trying to drive home a single word or concept to "brand" his Presidency, he is actually explaining where he thinks the country is and where it needs to go.

My favorite part was the line about "putting aside childish things." It was a short but powerful dig at the last two decades (at least) of partisan politics. Grow up, get past the childish name calling, and get to work on solutions to our considerable problems.

I think it clues you into the president's general thinking. Obama tended to use the word 'nation' and Bush liked the word 'freedom'.

If you didn't know who was speaking and you saw 'health', 'Africa', 'AIDs', you might assume a scientist or doctor is speaking.

And sometimes art is just that, art. It resonates with you or it doesn't.

The letter clouds are where the real insight is to be gained.

How about "risk-taking"? I like that Obama frequently mentions it as a virtue, but am not sure if it's common among presidents.

Also would be interesting to use the same font and color scheme for the different clouds. I can't help but feel (just by looking at, not reading) the two clouds that the Obama one felt "warmer".

that's a great idea