Cory Booker’s Long Speech Offers a Strategy for Communicators in a Fragmented Media Landscape

Cory Booker’s Long Speech Offers a Strategy for Communicators in a Fragmented Media Landscape

His marathon performance illustrates how to get your message across.

Cory Booker’s long speech offers a strategy for Trump foes in a fragmented media landscape

Long speeches incorporate varied topics and texts. Whether or not these digressions are relevant to the issue at hand, they make the speaker’s remarks last longer.

The Democratic Party needs more Cory Bookers

Admitting it isn’t something that I’m proud of — in fact, I’m slightly ashamed — I’m a chronic night owl. There are nights when I fall asleep at the very hours many people rise to start their days.  Recently, during one of my usual late-night procrastination sessions, I was affected by the phenomenon of sleepiness I avoid so prolifically. As I was going to put my phone down, I saw a livestream airing from the Senate floor.  There, in the quiet h…