Diane Lim Rogers

Chief Economist, Concord Coalition

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Chief economist with the Concord Coalition, and blogger at EconomistMom.com; former staffer in the Congressional Budget Office and senior economist on the staff of the Council of Economic Advisers in both the Clinton and Bush Administrations

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Oratorical ability has been a defining characteristic of some presidents. For others, the inability to make a good speech has been a serious limitation.

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