I am surprised that he spoke again on this subject.

Whether he should have or not....

I do find it commendable that he spoke with the arresting officer. Can you imagine?

uh..Jim..The President of the United States is on line three. hahahaha

Silly man.

Didn't he know it's a crime to enter your own home while wearing dark skin? It's called "blacking and entering".

Doing a mighty fun job making lemonade out of lemons here. Suspect he really wished he never said anything in the first place, but given that he did, I think (hope) this is a nice recovery. Expecting to see soon the Gates/Crowley/Obama photo op at the White House.

What a good action by the Prez. Now, perhaps Professor Gates can follow and chat with the officer. They might have more in common than they thought.

So nice to have an adult in charge.

Really can't resist the Tiger Woods comparison, banal as it is most of the time: Obama shanked his usually-powerful drive into the trees in answering the Gates question at the press conference (IMO). But damned if he didn't make par with that last chip shot from the sand trap.

"Cooler heads will prevail" - Indeed they have.

Number One. When I first heard the account of the incident events and subsequent arrest, I was particularly interested that the police officer repeatedly requested Gates to please step out of the house. "... to please step out of the house." Several times. Evidently, he wanted to arrest Gates, and "stepping out of the house", after establishing the fact of his residency, was to get him into the Public for arrest purposes. Rather disingenuous. Gates should have remained in his house and the officer would probably gone about his business, pissed as he may have been.
Number Two. A reminder to all, as has been oft stated for many, many years: You can beat the rap, but not the ride. Exactly what happened to Gates. That an apology was issued first by the police department, speaks volumes as to the efficacy of the arrest itself. But you can't beat the ride! My father was a cop, my brother in law was a cop, my cousin was a copy and many neighbors were cops. They know what power they wield in taking someone for "the ride" though many times unnecessary. It's (largely) their prerogative. And it is the use of personal power that the badge provides. What police in general have not gotten in many cities is that this prerogative should be used with the utmost of sound judgement., especially when dealing with minorities who have been "wrongly" taken on "the ride" numerous times over the course of one's life. Police should remember that in exercising this prerogative, it is also inflammatory, and more so given the history in this country where "the ride" meant death.

This is classic Obama which is find common ground and diffuse situations.

He did it at Harvard Law school and the Law Review and he is doing it now.

Yes, hopefully, it will teach you to keep your mouth shut when you don't have any idea what you're talking about. The big O comes out, says I don't have the facts but I'm going to make a statement in defense of my black friend. Good job Obama. Even the black officer on the scene said it was by the book.