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Barack Obama on Leno's "Tonight Show": He'll Beat Even JFK to the Late Night Circuit

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Oh my gosh...he's in town doing his town hall meetings, like he has done since in office, and agrees to stop in to just spend a few minutes talking to Americans in a relaxed and personal way. Guess he could have paced back and forth on the White House lawn. Do you REALLY think he could have done more for Americans for those few hours back in Washington? Like he doesn't know what's going on???
OH MY GOSH, HE'S HUMAN!!! Plus, it's nice to hear his brief explanation on bailing out AIG, as well as his disgust with the bonuses.He made a mistake with his reference to Special Olympics. Once he realized his mistake, did he come out with a statement for all to see? NO, he called the Chair of the Association, personally apologized and admitted his mistake.
Be glad we have someone in office we can trust and doesn't have an elitist attitude. I was a republican...until I realized how selfish, self centered, untrustworthy, sexist & raciest so many of the men have been. They did a hell of a job leaving as much of the country as they could in shambles and get as much $$ as they could for themselves before turning over the country.
Obama wants to restore so much of what a government is supposed to be, not just take care of his buddies & personal interests, make enemies throughout the world. How about support and help on getting things done!

Sam of TX 5:07PM March 21, 2009

I Really enjoyed seeing Pres.Obama on Leno last night. I don't always watch the Tonight Show, but last night I made it a point to watch it. Great show! President Obama is a cool guy, and so is Jay.

Teri of WA 5:21AM March 21, 2009

According to:
http://www.tv.com/bill-clinton/person/45279/appearances.html
his first Letterman show was after he left office.

MikeO of CA 3:20PM March 19, 2009

Why are we Americans so prone to BLAME and point fingers. I don't get it. If we were more united to begin with...we not be in the state of affairs we are now.
President OBAMA has not led this nation more than two months and already people have negative thoughts to share...as if they could do any better themselves. President Bush did what he thought was best..so you can't crucify the man either.
Everything has a time and a place...we all work, eat, sleep and have our "fun" time. For goodness sakes, let him have his FUN time...not like he inherited something positive to begin with.
Maybe if we all stopped whining, pointing fingers and blaming and got off our own behinds and did something personal ourselves....it would help fix things.
We need to become the American we once were...proud, strong and willing to lend a hand despite the circumstance. Until we can get back to that state of mind, years from now we'll still be griping, pointing fingers and blaming whoever runs our nation.

Emmie of CA 2:11PM March 19, 2009

Wasn't Bill Clinton on Letterman in 1997?

Kay of MD 2:02PM March 19, 2009

wouldn't our country really be better off if Obama spent all his time wandering around smiling and making superficial statements? Now, if we could only get the dogmatic pucker pusses Nanny Pelosie, Reid, Watson, Frank, Rangle, Shummer, Dodd, Conyers, Boxer and all the rest to hit the comedy club circuit maybe our nation could survive the next 4 years.

R.L. Schaefer of CA 12:44PM March 19, 2009

Doesn't our President have real issues to deal with?
I would rather see him in the White House doing what he was elected to do instead of going to town hall meetings and being a guest on an entertainment show.
Someone tell him he won the election and it’s time to lead this nation.

Larry of CA 12:27PM March 19, 2009