the rix mix

Dave gave Obama a full 1/2 hour. LeBron James nearly bumped. LeBron said he didn't mind. He was probably hanging with Barack afterwards, they're tight. Barack was presidential in a relaxed way, serious, humorous, hit his points, cautious but got one zinger on the Lipstick on Pig "controversy." Rational answer to VP question, that he'd have no reason to pick someone other than Joe Biden because of Sarah Palin. A great image came into my mind about that, some international crisis or complex domestic problem, Barack consults in the Oval Office with Joe Biden, who's seen it all (& can say, concerning many matters, that he's seen worse). McCain brings in who? Joe Lieberman, not the VP. Barack reminded me of John Kennedy on Jack Paar's old Tonight Show in 1960, which must have been revelatory at the time, a man who would be president so comfortable in front of TV cameras & a studio audience. Kennedy also stayed with his talking points, but made the scripts sound unscripted. For all the reliance upon TV presidential candidates have, we've had only three since Kennedy as comfortable with the medium as he was: Reagan, Clinton, & Obama. Four since the beginning of the television era.

Craig Ferguson is a new citizen. He still thinks Americans are smarter than our news media. America calling Craig: Look at the guys at the top of the ratings. We put them there. But he has a point when he says that if politicians' personal families are "off limits," then stop parading them around stages & having them profiled in magazines.