Noting President Obama’s penchant for reporterly behavior, NPR Morning Edition host Steve Inskeep asks the president, during a recent interview, to apply his interview skills to another group of Americans: the 2016 presidential candidates.
“If you had an opportunity to ask a question to the people who want your job,” begins Inskeep, “which maybe you could. One of these debates you could write in on Facebook and ask your question. What would you ask?”
President Obama’s question for that question is: Why?
I might just ask somebody, why do you want to do this? And I suppose they’d give a cliché answer because that’s what candidates do, but I will tell you as president, if you are interested just because you like the title or you like the trappings or you like the power or the fame or the celebrity, that side of it wears off pretty quick.
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