60 days in office, Obama changes tone

For just under an hour on Tuesday night, Americans saw not the fiery and inspirational speaker who riveted the nation in his address to the Congress last month, or the conversational President who warmly engaged Americans in talks, or even the jaunty and jokey President who turned up on Jay Leno.

In his second prime-time news conference from the White House, it was Barack Obama the lecturer. Placid and unsmiling, he was the professor-in-chief, offering familiar arguments in long paragraphs, sounding like the teacher speaking in the stillness of a classroom.

The session in the East Room came at a volatile moment for the new President as he sought to quell Democratic misgivings about his ambitious economic agenda and deflect strong Republican opposition. He tried to reassure the nation that he could solve the crisis that has gripped the economy.

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