Newsflash: Obama not quite as eloquent as Lincoln, says Lincoln biographer

“It’s possible that he may create something that future generations see as equal to Gettysburg or the first inaugural. I myself don’t think that’s going to happen,” Kaplan said. “I think he’s greatly talented with language, but he’s not a genius. He doesn’t have Lincoln’s capacity to put words together in a way that resonates with literary and poetic power.”