Obama's Style

President Obama held a rare news conference today, and as I watched I became aware of the obvious. His style in a news conference is that of a friendly and sober professor conducting a class discussion. He knows a lot more about the topics than the students. The students make absurd comments and ask inane questions. He pretends that the comments and questions are adult and reasonable, and he responds to them seriously (while steering the talk to the points he is attempting to convey). He's serious. He pauses at times to shift what he has to say into less colorful language. He's respectful where no respect has been earned. That's the way to go.