DAILY BEAST: … The president, although he sat cross—legged at respectful, perhaps wary, distance, was primed to give his best reenactment of “folksy” and “confiding.” He revealed the existence of a treadmill that been stowed in “the bowels of Air Force One” by “the previous president,” as he referred to George W. Bush; admitted that there had been “a little caffeine-drinking on Air Force One”; recounted a joy ride he took around the South Lawn at the wheel of a Chevy Volt; joked about his debates with Michelle (“I just concede every point”); and—maybe this is something Romney campaign can make use of—confessed that he isn’t competent to help Malia with her math homework.
Obama also reacted to the statement by Richard Mourdock, the anti-abortion rights Republican candidate for Senate in Indiana, that a pregnancy arising from a rape is “what God intended.”
“I don’t know where these guys come up with these ideas,” Obama said. “Rape is rape. It is a crime…This is exactly why you don’t want a bunch of politicians, mostly male, making decisions about women’s health care.”… (more)
