Obama will do weekly YouTube fireside chats

This is going to be an incredibly interesting presidency.

This is a win-win.

Awesome, responsible, transparent change for government is coming, and...

O'Reilly's (and others') production staff will have that much more work already done for them.

Awesome.

This looks like an opportunity for the biggest RickRoll ever perpetrated.

I want him to do videos wearing a "smoking jacket" sitting in a big chair next to a fire place while smoking a big cigar and taking a fatherly tone with the nation. That'd be pretty cool.

Looking forward to the next Weezer video emulating this.

Fucking awesome idea.

What would be amazing is if it was Obama's idea.

framing could use some work.
but this is SO rad.

Replace the big cigar with a Jones Soda and you've got a fan in me.

This reminds me of the "fireside chats" of FDR.

I agree with the framing, they really should have zoomed the shot out a bit more so you could still see the flag, and then pan to the right more so he is in the center of the shot.
That being said, this was still pretty damn cool

Anyone notice that he has a signed basketball to the viewer's right? Also, I wonder what books those are behind him.

I've subscribed to The Barack Obama Show and plan to watch it every week after Cute with Chris.

Because nothing goes better than presidents and kittens.

Best idea of the universe.

Damn. See, I had this idea a while ago.

"Hey," I thought to myself. "Obama should do a weekly podcast. Just a few minutes. Something like the fireside chats with FDR."

Then he goes and does it better.

Fucking Obama. He's ruining my ability to say that I'm smarter than the president.

It's not really a new idea.

Right, but in my idea the communication instills confidence in the listeners.

The books all have the name John F Kennedy and they're organized in a boxed set, volumed by year, so I'm guessing they are books chronicling his years as President perhaps?

I imagine that once Obama actually resides in the White House, the scenery will change dramatically (metaphorically and literally).

As far as the camera work is concerned, Obama may have looked to be on stage right, but he's leanin' to his left...

Both=FTW!