The Obamas on '60 Minutes' (Trib recap)

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The Obamas on '60 Minutes'
Posted November 16, 2008 7:01 PM
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by John McCormick

In a wide-ranging interview broadcast Sunday evening, Barack and Michelle Obama reveled in their ability to achieve some level of normalcy again after the election, as they prepare for the enormous challenges ahead.

The president-elect said in a "60 Minutes" interview that he remains calm, but confessed feeling at least a little overwhelmed as he prepares for the White House.

"There are times, during the course of a given a day, where you think, 'Where do I start?'" he said during a session recorded Friday afternoon in Chicago at the Ritz-Carlton hotel.

Obama also said his conversations with past presidents suggest there is a "certain loneliness" to be president.

"'You'll get advice, and you'll get counsel," he said. "Ultimately, you're the person who's going to be making decisions. And -- and I think that -- even now, you know, I-- you can already feel that fact."

The broadcast aired before Obama and Sen. John McCain are to have their first post-election meeting, a session scheduled for midday Monday in the Loop.

The two former rivals are expected to be joined by Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Rep. Rahm Emanuel, the Chicago Democrat who will be Obama's chief of staff.

The president-elect refused to be pinned down on when he will make his first Cabinet appointments, responding "soon" when asked whether he would make any this week.

He also declined to say whether he planned to appoint more than one Republican. "You're not getting more out of me," he told Steve Kroft.

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[Cha]

1. They all were glowing..

including Steve Kroft. It went so well I was hoping Millions of Americans were watching. I know I called a few friends in Hawai'i, California, Minneapolis, and here in New York to let them know they were going to be on 60 Minutes.

[tridim]

2. Something tells me Barack isn't going to be lonely

He's way too cool to be lonely.

[LiberalinNC]

3. I thought watching the show, "isn't it nice to have a president who could think

and talk like an adult".

[RoccoR5955]

4. He even has a good sense of humor.

Not a "pull my finger" sense of humor. Probably the only thing I have in common with Governor Bush.