re: #41 livefreeor die

If he’s so f—-ing amazing, why does he need a teleprompter for every speech and how come he has to prearrange the questions from the press?

All modern presidents have used either teleprompters or notes. It’s absolutely normal.

Historically, the sequence of question-answering has been to take questions from the wire services, then the networks, then others as time allows. Obama has changed that up somewhat by taking questions from other press outlets (e.g., Univision, Ebony). And the choices vary from press conference to press conference. The presidents know in advance who they will call on, but the reporters don’t know who’ll be called on, and the presidents don’t know the questions.