[Fenris6]

In case you didn't notice, this was a grilling under the guise of an interview and I think the president did an EXCELLANT job of defusing a contentious and irritating Russert. Agreed. But Russert is not his AUDIENCE. This was a waste of good oportunity. Hopefully CR is holding the big guns back until mid-summer.

[_Jim]

This was a waste of good oportunity.

Yeah, a breast-beating, stilted, fact-citing, algore-type performance or a smarmy, over-jovial, question dodging performance reminiscent of a Clintinoid (take your pick - him or her) ...

I take it you didn't watch or review this interview a second time - did you?