Doug R asked:
"Can this be the same Obama that ran for president in the Democrat primary?"
No. I'm not familiar with the "Democrat Party." But this is the same Obama who is the Presidential nominee for the Democratic Party.
xx Genie

Oh, and I do think he's tacking to the right (center-wards) than a lot of pacificists and progressives would like. But I'm not sure anyone can get elected President of the US today without appearing to be centrist. Hence Sarah Palin's carefully crafting her answers to Charlie G to sound mainstream and not nearly as divisive as her previous actions and statements have been.
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Bill H said:
"Many newspaper critics notwithstanding I thought Gibson's interview was a gem. I have to admit that of all the queries the one about the "..Bush Doctrine"" was a true gem. Though I do believe it might have been a "gotcha" question since I don't recall that Bush ever had what one can call a "doctrine"--leave alone feeling comfortable with such a word."

I'd agree, for the first time he asked. But he went on to spell out the date that doctrine/policy was revealed and that it had to do with policy toward Iraq. When Palin still seemed stumped, Gibson spelled it out (... the right to pre-emptive attack ... ), but her answer sidestepped the issue and/or revealed she still didn't understand what the policy was. She spoke of taking first action in the case of solid intelligence of an IMMINENT attack by another country; Bush's doctrine is that we don't have to wait nearly that long or for anything that certain -- as was the case with Iraq.

Maybe what threw Gov. Palin off was that Charlie didn't ask the question with due "deference." (Right, Kat?)

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Charlie, my boy, I think you've got some great movie titles:
"The Moose that Roared" or "Lipstick on a Prig."

ROFL!