I thought the better interview was the one he did with a local reporter. She was able to work the local angle pretty heavily, lean in to him to draw out his flirting side, and show him for even more of a fool. It was priceless-- she kept going back to things like, "Yes.... but sir, we have a pile of e-mails here from your constituents, who say the want to hear you explain (this or that)....."

He finally went over the edge when she asked him to apologize to the constituents, and he waffled and waffled as she pressed more and more enticingly. At last he pointed out that since it had been the media misleading the people, it was the media who should apologize. (He did have a point.) But as TV, it was, I thought, the more effective interview performance. That reporter ought to get a bigger job-- she was great. In fact as a cross-examiner for OJ she'd have been perfect, so she should actually change careers I think!

~Susan