MissLaura gets to the heart of my favorite thing about Obama. I often think his rhetorical focus on the theatre of politics and health of the discourse is annoying, as I'd like to hear something more concrete, but the upside is his fairly sophisticated antennae for when the show becomes trivialized and can safely be rejected. His comfort forcing questions back on Blitzer led to his best moments in the debate, and were the sort of audience-channeling responses politicians to seldom offer. Sometimes it's useful to have a critic enter the arena.
