Riz, don't you remember him in Alabama and Mississippi before the primaries? "I learned how to say 'yall'!" "Cheesey grits!" It was just as awkward as everything else that comes out of his mouth.
I hate to say it, but I thought Obama's interview with Letterman was boring and a little forced. He said all the right things and none of the wrong things, though, so it was a positive.
@7 I was pretty disappointed, as well. I don't know what I expected, but I was hoping for something more. As much as I love Dave, I don't think his interviewing style was meshing particularly well with the newsworthiness of his interviewee. Also, although there was some hesitant applause at a couple of points, the audience was bizarrely quiet. It was almost as if they were surrounded by Secret Service agents pointing guns at them.