Pres. Obama spars with Jon Stewart on The Daily Show

There were few laughs but plenty of tough questions when President Barack Obama dropped by last night to Comedy Central’s The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.

Stewart grilled Obama about his executive style, his party’s campaign approach and the health care bill.

"You ran on high rhetoric, hope and change, and the Democrats seem to be running on, ‘Please, baby, one more chance,’ “ Stewart said.

Obama defended his legislative record, saying his fiscal policies had helped the country avoid the “second Great Depression.”

On the health care bill, Stewart commented, “Legislatively, it has felt timid at times. I’m not even sure what you want out of a health care bill.”

Obama called the legislation a work in progress and said that it stands as one of the greatest pieces of legislation passed in this nation’s history.

“When we promised during the campaign change you can believe in, it wasn’t change you can believe in 18 months, It was change you can believe in, but you know what, we’re going to have to work for it,” Obama said.

Later, when pressed on how he might have run his campaign differently, Obama said, “I would say, ‘Yes, we can, but it’s not going to happen overnight.’"

(Via Boston Herald)