THE PRESIDENT'S PRESS CONFERENCE - AT 9:02 P.M. ET:  I just watched Mr. Obama's press conference.  Press conferences tend to be greatly overrated.  News is not generally made at these affairs.  The questions are often weak.  The answers are often canned and dull.

And that's pretty much what it was.  The president, of course, speaks well.  He has a wonderful voice and a command of the language.  But he really doesn't say much, and after a time his monotone has the same effect as warm milk.  I suspect he will get a small bump in the polls over the next few days, and that will be the only result. 

The press conference has now been over for about ten minutes.  I've already forgotten what was asked and answered.  We weren't listening to Lincoln.

March 24, 2009