I thought this interview was freakin' GREAT. Dubya was hot at Lauer and it bubbled through. It's about damn time he answered stupid liberal objections clearly and sensibly and assertively.
I agree, it was good at the beginning and only got better all the way to the end. It started being great when Lauer asked him how he dealt with the pressure of his terror briefings and President Bush forcefully said "I trust in Almighty God...and I trust the people around me to do their jobs."
Another great line, when he was talking about the opposition they've gotten for programs like wiretapping, was something like "And people overseas who question our methods, well for them, September 11 was a bad day. For us it was a change of attitude." And the emphatic attitude with which he said it - priceless.
Shortly into it they showed the clip of the President at Ground Zero with the bullhorn saying "and the people who knocked down these buildings will hear ALL of us soon!"
The president who said that at Ground Zero that day came through loud and clear to Matt Lauer in this interview. Bush was the one who was poking fingers into chests, NOT Lauer. Great stuff.