| Obama gives a great town meeting! "As | | | | though, a very loose and confident guy for a new |
| President, I have to walk and chew gum at the | | | | President. |
| same time." said President Obama tonight at the | | | | When asked about running again in four years, he |
| town meeting. The President started with a short | | | | said "I'd rather be a good president for four years |
| talk, obviously winging it rather than giving a | | | | and take on the tough issues and problems than a |
| rehearsed speech, getting into a rhythm and | | | | mediocre one for eight years" - obviously a |
| cadence that sounded like a cross between Dr. | | | | not-so-subtle jab at G. Dubya. |
| King and Jesse Jackson. | | | | In a brilliant political statement, Obama held the |
| Obama's sounding a lot more like a real person | | | | meeting in Costa Mesa, Orange County - in the |
| now, not a campaigner; he's even smiling and in a | | | | heart of Reagan and Nixon country. What an |
| good mood. When he said "I'm hot, so I'm taking | | | | original idea; you would expect to see him in the |
| off my coat, you do the same", the crowd went | | | | East or close to his Chicago base. As an |
| nuts. I almost expected them to start throwing | | | | announcer said "the most cheering for a |
| money. Hey people, it's not Elvis in Vegas, a little | | | | democrat in Orange county in decades". |
| decorum for the President! | | | | This was an energized performance, inspiring and |
| He even had the crowd responding in a kind of | | | | blog worthy! I like this man and will support his |
| "amen" chorus as he was talking. One guy | | | | efforts wherever I can. I feel that he has a heart, |
| screamed out "we love you!", and Obama said "I | | | | and that it's in the right place: here with the |
| love y'all, too". At one point the crowd rose and | | | | people. |
| chanted " O-BA-MA , O-BA-MA" and he laughed | | | | "I'm not going to play the blame game. I'll take |
| and stopped them. I was thinking "he's not a rock | | | | responsibility from now on, because I'm the |
| star, nor a banana republic dictator". Fun stuff | | | | President. |
