In this article Kennicott analyzes Obama's speech which memorializes MLK's "I Have a Dream" speech given 50 years previous. Kennicott's specific exigence is the need to create an intelligent and accessible analysis of an event in the current world and its relevancy to the past. His constraints consist of the lack of specific knowledge about MLK's speech in his audience. Kennicott's final call to action ends up echoing Obama's sentiment about the shared commonality of the American people and their collective goals. Kennicott's voice is very matter-of-fact and in some places, blunt; but this creates a greater sense of credibility - that he is synthesising facts and presenting an analysis in which his personal bias is minimal. Kennicott opens and closes the article by drawing the parallels of structure and rhetorical method between Obama's commemorative speech and MLK's original. Kennicott's message is effective, in my opinion, particularly due to his honesty. He points out that it is not Obama's best speech, but at the end of the article, by ending with Obama's own remarks, he seems to concede to the effectiveness of Obama's speech.
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