“Boy, the moment when you lift off you really feel it, don’t you?” (CBS)

Beltway Confidential loves when President Obama travels and deputy press secretary Bill Burton takes over briefing duties on Air Force One. The piquant verbal stylings of the affable Burton are refreshing change of pace from the dry podium banter of the Gibbsnotist. Burton was especially punchy this morning, as the presidential aircraft left Andrews Air Force Base for Boston.