Obama Owns the Room


	Obama Owns the Room

reimers

2-10-2009 12:33 PM

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reimers says:

The president may have struck out in the opening statement of his first major press conference, but then he turned into Babe Ruth.

In his answers to questions, Obama improvised the Rooseveltian Fireside Chat that he should have given earlier in his prepared address.

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