Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro
The speech never used the word "malaise" and the initial response from Americans was positive. What screwed Carter is that he then went through with the hare-brained idea of purging half his Cabinet. (FYI -- I was a Carter speechwriter, but didn't work on the big speech). — PolitiTweet.org
Brian Rosenwald @brianros1
I’ll probably have more on Carter after I read the malaise speech again tomorrow to teach it this week.
