Watch 28 years of acceptance speeches in just 90 seconds

President Obama.
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If Donald Trump is still working on his big address for tomorrow night, all he has to do is watch the CNN video below, featuring 28 years of acceptance speeches. From Barack Obama to Mitt Romney, Bill Clinton to Ronald Reagan, the candidates followed the same formula so closely that their words were easily spliced together to form a 90-second mega-oration. It's not a Michelle Obama speech, but this could still come in handy for Trump. Catherine Garcia

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Catherine Garcia

Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.