Watching Obama’s response to the news that John McCain has suspended his campaign is a real treat. Notice the way he says he thinks Presidents should be able to handle “more than one thing at a time,” and how he’s tempted to be sarcastic at one point, but how he reigns it in, for fear of looking elitist? The man is measured. The man is a smart communicator. And watching this, I’d say he’s awfully presidential.

“We both have big planes,” he says. That’s the funniest part.

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Matt Davis was news editor of the Mercury from 2009 to May 2010.