Obama puts on his old varsity jacket

Ah, nostalgia for the good ole days. Yesterday, President Obama headed into friendly territory at George Washington University for a "town hall" meeting, where there was little chance of those awkward "I'm tired of defending you" questions:

For Tuesday's event, which was billed as a town-hall meeting, officials solicited questions through Facebook, Twitter and Skype. An official with the Democratic National Committee said the questions that were used were selected in advance, to be integrated into the technology of the event, but were chosen to be representative of all of those submitted.

There were some zingers within that average sample, all right:

This is from Maureen in New Jersey. You'll also see it up on the screen here. And Maureen asks: "Can we inform people that the campaign slogan was ‘Yes, we can,' not ‘Yes, we can in 21 months'?" (Laughter.) "It took eight years to get us into this mess."

Pow! How about if we tee another one up for the Prez?

The question is from James in California, and he asks: "Mr. President, how best can citizens work to mitigate the effect of corporate money on elections?"

That'll...give Obama a chance to lie some more about the Chamber of Commerce. Now how about a toughie?

And my question is, what are some of the surprises that you've encountered in Washington and what lessons have you learned in your 21 months here?

Then he just sat around talkin' about the old times.