Interview: Barack Obama on Tavis Smiley

This video is on youtube, the link is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXNGg38UcxU

I rate the interview a 9 out of 10.
I forgot I was doing an assignment while watching the first time so I had to watch it another time to answer the questions and then another time to make sure I answered the right. What I didn't like was the length, it was too short. I loved the questions asked. Both parties, Obama and Smiley, looked very relaxed. They were sharing jokes, like Obama and Dick Cheney's blood relation. About 10 questions were asked but many more were answered.

The best question to me was about Obama fretting about the low poll numbers and having to do damage control with his supporters who think the campaign is in trouble.
The answer brought out his thoughts on the polls and the follow up question of "they would look at the U.S differently for what reason" gave his thoughts on how he believed his supporters see him. At the end of Obama's answer, I would have asked about the significance of his name as he brought it up comparing Barack Hussein Obama to the name George W. Bush. Elaborate on how he feels that the name difference would make people, inside and outside of the U.S, look at the nation differently.

After watching 4 times, I feel as if the interview was used to reiterate his views and ideas rather than to clear up mucky areas in his campaign. I felt like nothing bad was said, as if two friends got together for the hell of it to make both look good.