Press conferences are notoriously hard things to manage. I thought this was an amusing end to the President’s first press conference and the way to handle what inevitably happens at these events:
There was one last twist: Obama patiently listened to a high-decibel question after he had closed the presser by thanking the reporters for attending. Then he said it would set a bad precedent for him to answer a shouted question. Reelected presidents can do that.