I suspect that Obama has been given the questions ahead of time so he already knows what to expect. He can then say what the focus groups want to hear.
I think he’ll be given an “inner ear” set of earplugs, invisible to the public. In addition, he’ll have his vocal chords electronically hooked up to David Axelrod’s transmitter....the last thing the Obama campaign wants is Stuttering Barry going off on a tangent.
Obama: “Jim, that’s not the question you’re supposed to ask” as he waves a sheet of paper in the air. “Here’s the list of questions PBS faxed to me last week.”