President Obama took questions directly from House Republicans last Friday. It was fascinating theater for all who watched it because it wasn’t scripted, thereby making it unpredictable and because he was in front of a hostile audience, making int inherently more interesting. Obama won big poits for courage and Republicans got more airtime too. All involved won. It continues to be a surprise to me that politicans in the US don’t seek this out more, as they do in England and Europe.