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About Last Night
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — ... Silver: Personally, I was hoping that Obama would be probed in a bit more depth about the specifics of the Geithner plan. But -- and this is not meant in a bad way -- that's not the real area of expertise of the people in the room, and some of the folks who plausibly might have been exceptions (the reporters from the Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg, for instance) weren't offered the opportunity to ask questions. Jonah Goldberg: I think it was a B. He didn't hurt himself, but I don't see how he helped ...

Dull
Political Animal — DULL.... The New York Times , reflecting on the president's news conference last night, described Obama as " placid and unsmiling ," sounding too much like "the teacher speaking in the stillness of a classroom where students are restlessly waiting for the ring of the bell." The president, the Times added, was "more enervating than energizing." John Cole noted that this was a common observation among conservative bloggers this morning: Jonah Goldberg - Longwinded and boring! Andrew Malcolm - I slept through my college classes and last night was bored! ...