Working Conference Paper for Social v. Personal Identity: A Text Analysis of Presidential Speeches from George Washington to Barack Obama.

The article presents a text analysis on the presidential speeches in the U.S. to examine the factors that contributed to the rhetorical president and the claim by political scientist Richard Neustadt that the power of a president depends on his power to persuade. Also cited are the studies by political scientists Jeffrey Tulis and David Nichols on rhetorical presidency, the guiding principle of presidential communication, and the speeches of such U.S. presidents as George Washington.