Matt LeMieux

20 January 2009

It's All About "Hope" . . .

. . . sometimes "change" too. The Economist has a great graph charting the use of the words "hope" and "change" in past inauguration addresses. Interestingly, the Presidents who used the word "hope" in their address the most were mostly Republicans. And only Bill Clinton used the word "change" more than "hope". Check out the graph and then check back after the speech to see how Barack Obama fits into this Hope-o-meter.

UPDATE - the graph on The Economist blog has been updated to include Obama's speech.