Obama Tonight

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You know, I don't like that there are some questions he avoided, and that because he's such a lovely, clever, intelligent speaker, he can do it without you noticing it til it's too late. And I don't like that he moved on from reporters so strongly when it was clear they had a difficult follow-up question.

HOWEVER.

DAYUM. The American President, you guys. ANSWERING. QUESTIONS. In full sentences, to boot! And, you know, with actual information that he actually understands. And he wanted everyone who had a question to get to ask that question, and he clearly did not get handed the questions beforehand, and he didn't rush through so he could go back to the residence and choke on a pretzel in front of the tube. And he was really forceful about not letting reporters reframe arguments when he was in the right--bipartisanship, stimulus bill, fiscal responsibility, oversight, long-term views, education, etc.

I did have a West Wing moment when one of the reporters asked "How do you feel about A-Rod testing positive for steroids?" All I could think of was the episode in which Josh gave the afternoon briefing, and he said in response to a reporter, "Seriously, you really want to waste your one question on that?"

(omg my president uses words properly and also understands them and oftentimes they have more than one syllable yay)