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By: Nikki Schwab and Tara Palmeri
Washington Examiner
11/03/09 11:00 PM EST

As they waited for election returns one year ago, Barack Obama and John McCain each prepared to give a speech. One would deliver an acceptance, the other a concession speech. Here's how it played out:

1,972

The number of words in Obama's acceptance speech

1,207

The number of words in McCain's concession speech




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