THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Barack Obama has told viewers of the Daily Show that voters misunderstood him when he promised "change you can believe in" during the 2008 campaign, saying that he did not mean "change you can believe in 18 months".
The US President appeared on the popular and influential news parody programme, which is hosted by Jon Stewart, in an attempt to reconnect with the young voters that helped him win office.
The Democrats are facing big losses at the looming mid-term elections next month and Mr Obama, the first serving president to appear as a guest on the programme, used the 30-minute interview to defend his record.
The show regularly skewers top politicians with withering humour and delights in exposing hypocrisy and insincerity but the mood was mostly serious, despite a studio audience that gave Mr Obama a delirious reception."This notion that we could quickly transform Washington - it's a work in progress, it's just not going to happen overnight," Mr Obama said, pleading for more time to deliver on the campaign for change he launched in 2008.
"When we promised during the campaign 'change you can believe in,' it wasn't 'change you can believe in, in 18 months'." >>> | Thursday, October 28, 2010
