Don’t get me wrong, I enjoyed Ed Henry’s question for the President last night, and the subsequent snippiness it inspired in President Obama, but I think the column-length play-by-play on “the exchange,” as CNN is calling it, is a bit much:
The pressure was on now because the president had called on me. Someone handed me a microphone, millions were watching, and it’s scary to think about changing topic in a split second because you might get flustered and screw up. But it’s fun to gamble and like any good quarterback (though I was never athletic enough to actually play the position), I decided to call an audible.
Ed Henry, the Peyton Manning of the East Room. Or, is he more of a Randall Cunningham, ’cause this guy can move:
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