Obama rocks

The President's surprise appearance at the daily press briefing in order to defuse the controversy about the arrest of Prof. Gates was extraordinary. Our previous president never admitted an error about anything, period. Here we have our president talking directly to the press to admit he contributed to ratching up the controversy, then urging everyone to calm down and use this as a teachable moment about the racial issues that still hang on in our society. A spontaneous and extraordinary moment that only an Obana could pull off.