Women in Speechwriting (Part Two)

Hillary Clinton ran her new book manuscript past her old speechwriter Lissa Muscatine, and held her breath.

The Washington Post has a piece on longtime Hillary Clinton speechwriter Lissa Muscatine, who as co-owner of the Washington bookstore Politics & Prose, has been helping Clinton promote her new book, Hard Choices.

Muscatine helped her edit the book too. Though Clinton reportedly wrote most of the 656-pager herself, she sent the final manuscript to her old scribe for reassurance. โ€œI did hold my breath that entire weekend,โ€ Clinton told the Post. Muscatine, she said, could be โ€œgently but clearly critical.โ€

(Muscatineโ€™s reaction to Hard Choices was mostly positive, though she did make some suggestions.)

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