Obama to “Daily Show” As Campaign Nears End

[jefferson_dem]

Obama to “Daily Show” As Campaign Nears End
By MICHAEL D. SHEAR

President Obama will make the fusion of politics and comedy official tonight by becoming the first sitting president to appear on Comedy Central’s “Daily Show” just days before crucial midterm elections that could reshape his presidency.

Mr. Obama will sit down this afternoon with Jon Stewart, the comedian-turned-activist who hosts the show, in what White House officials concede is a blatant attempt to seek out young Democratic voters wherever they spend the most time.

“The President hasn’t been shy about going to the places where people are getting their information and trying to make his case,” White House press secretary Robert Gibbs told reporters Tuesday. “And I think that’s what he’ll do on the show.”

The unusual presidential interview will be taped at the Harman Center for the Arts in Washington, where Mr. Stewart has relocated his show in advance of the “Rally to Restore Sanity” he is leading on Saturday. The interview comes as literally hundreds of candidates and their allies begin the final push for votes ahead of what is widely expected to be a better day for Republicans than for Democrats next week

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/27/obama-to-visit-daily-show-as-campaign-nears-end/?src=twt&twt=thecaucus

[Dr.Phool]

1. The one to watch will be "Frontline" on election night.

"Obama's Deal".

The polls will be closed by the time it airs.

[progressoid]

2. "...comedian-turned-activist "

Interesting description.

[jefferson_dem]

3. Some details -- Obama, Jon Stewart and Change

Obama, Jon Stewart and Change
By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG

Doug Mills/The New York Times



President Obama appeared on “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” at the Harman Center for the Arts in Washington.

President Obama took his campaign get-out-the-vote blitz to “The Daily Show” on Wednesday, telling the host, Jon Stewart, that he never promised transformational change overnight.

“When we promised during the campaign change you can believe in, it wasn’t change you can believe in in 18 months,’’ Mr. Obama said. “It was change you can believe in but were going to have to work for it.”

The 30-minute interview, before a wildly enthusiastic crowd of 550 at the Harman Center for the Arts in downtown Washington, a short drive from the White House, was Mr. Obama’s first appearance on the show as president, though he was also a guest during his run for the White House in 2008. The president used the appearance to defend his agenda and make a pitch for people to get out and vote; Mr. Stewart used the interview to press the president with the critique he often hears from the left, by characterizing his agenda as timid – a characterization the president fiercely resisted.

“You ran on very high rhetoric, hope and change, and the Democrats this year seem to be running on, ‘Please baby, one more chance’,’’ Mr. Stewart said at one point. At another, he asked the president if he was now running on “Yes we can, with certain conditions.’’

Mr. Obama replied, “I think I would say, ‘Yes we can, but –“

Mr. Stewart, laughing, cut the president off. Mr. Obama jumped in again, finishing his sentence: “But it’s not going to happen overnight.”

...

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/27/obama-jon-stewart-and-change/?src=twt&twt=thecaucus

[Clio the Leo]

4. KICK!!!! ....... on in little over an hour. nt

[NYC Liberal]

5. Can't wait, I will be watching!

On a side note, some "interesting" language in that article:

White House officials concede...
blatant attempt
unusual presidential interview

[Clio the Leo]

6. four more mins!!! Whohoooo!!! nt

[MadBadger]

7. I didnt expect he would do the whole show.

[Clio the Leo]

8. lol ... Stewart cuts right to the chase...

.... 'cause he knows Obama can TALK and TALK and TALK and TALK and TALK. ;)

[Clio the Leo]

9. very LONG sustained ovation nt

[NYC Liberal]

10. He's so unpopuplar, people really hate the man! nt

[Clio the Leo]

11. uh oh, Stewart just got a "look!" from Pres. Obama...

.... YOU'VE MADE HIM ANGRY!!!!!

[Clio the Leo]

12. SCHIP just got a big applause. nt

[Clio the Leo]

13. The Twitterverse is going crazy....

.... a LOT of people didn't realize the President was going to be on and the word "awesome" may be a trending word lol .... yeah, this was SUCH a "dumb" idea! lol

[babylonsister]

14. The man is campaignin'! I love this guy; eye on Dems! nt

[NYC Liberal]

15. "We got 90 percent of what wanted, so let's focus on the 10 percent we didn't get."

[Clio the Leo]

16. POTUS "HCR was the most significant piece of legislation we've seen.."

(help me out here, missed the last part)

anyway, HUGE applause at that one

[NYC Liberal]

18. He said it was as significant as an other significant bill

in this country's history.

[Clio the Leo]

17. did he say he wanted to reform the filibuster?

I keep blanking out lol

[fishwax]

19. this has been terribly fun to watch -- you can tell they have great respect for one another even

when they're on the verge of (gasp!) disagreement.

[Clio the Leo]

21. this is awesome .... wish the President could do it once a month...

.... two intelligent, clever, witty men, simply asking and answering questions the public really wants answers to .... with no attempts at trying to "trap" the President in a soundbite that will over and over the next day.

[Clio the Leo]

20. IF the "winner" is the one gets the most applause...

.... the President is trouncing Stewart! :)

[fishwax]

22. Obama: Larry Summers did a heckuva job; Stewart: You don't wanna use that phrase, dude

:rofl:

[Clio the Leo]

23. lol oh NOW I get it!

funny

[one_voice]

24. Cracked me up that...

Stewart called the President "dude". Loved the interview.

[gulliver]

25. All applause for Obama. No boos whatsoever.

The crowd loved him. He did a fantastic job as usual.