“President Obama extended his media blitzkrieg into late-night television,” said Michael Shear in The Washington Post, becoming the first sitting president to appear on Late Night With David Letterman. “Why would he agree to do Letterman?” That was the topic of Letterman’s Top 10 list (watch the Obama Top 10 video), but Obama was “largely serious” on the show, answering “serious questions” about Afghanistan, health care, and the economy.
Watching Obama on TV—again—“I couldn’t help thinking: The TV thrill really is gone,” said David Zurawik in the Baltimore Sun. Obama appearing on Jay Leno was exciting, but his Letterman appearance was “a replay of his five lackluster Sunday appearances.” Maybe his aides should stage an “intervention”—“No more TV for a while, Mr. President. Let’s focus on this governing thing.”
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