President's Press Conference

It's live on NBC right now. He is doing incredibly well. I think the campaign energized him, and of course the resounding victory has given him great confidence. I hope he has press conferences often this term.

He's comfortable, joking easily with the press corps, giving really good answers, not mangling the English language (though just possibly I heard him say "HIVH" instead of "HIV"... but not sure about that), setting forth his agenda with clarity and confidence.

One reporter just broke the news to him that Arafat was dead; Tom Brokaw immediately interrupted with a voiceover saying the French hospital is saying he's not dead. I'm sure it won't be long, however. Wonder what changes that will bring in the Mideast. Interesting, too, in that the President's first comment on being told that news was "God bless his soul, first of all".