After his 100th day Presidential Press Conference, the votes are in, and earlier today Jonathan Martin and John F. Harris of the POLITICO cast their ballot in a piece examining the President's mood last night.  The piece entitled "Obama works to avoid being exciting" brings up a very valid point about the President's mood last night.  He was not campaign-Obama, he was not town hall-Obama, and he was not debate-Obama, he was more of a man trying too hard to look Presidential.  Martin and Harris wrote:

The television networks have given President Barack Obama airtime for three prime-time news conferences in three months for an obvious reason: He is an exciting politician governing in a too-exciting-for-comfort time. 

But this was sometimes hard to remember during Obama’s hour-long outing before White House reporters Tuesday night. 

The questions were greeted by slow nods and thoughtful pauses. When the answers came, they were precise,  considered, sometimes academic, always articulate, not usually all that newsy, and, let’s face it, occasionally  long-winded. 

Far from electric, this was a tranquilizing performance. So much so that it was impossible not to conclude that a president who certainly knows how to be exciting was making a calculated effort not to be.

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This article is too true in its examination.  However, it makes one wonder, is this the effect of his teleprompter reliance?