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October 21, 2011

The Count: America’s Top 10 Most Inspirational Speeches

President Barack Obama is slated to headline a pair of fundraisers at the Pepsi Center on Tuesday. And moments ago, The Denver Post’s Allison Sherry reported that Obama will make a speech Wednesday on the American Jobs Act in Denver.

The occasions will mark the president’s second visit to Denver in less than a month.

On Sept. 27, Obama also touted his American Jobs Act in a speech at Abraham Lincoln High School, where he called himself a “warrior for the working class.” That feisty, campaign-like speech did not rank among our list of America’s most inspirational, which includes more than one nod to Colorado.