Reporter to Obama: You should be on American Idol

Tom Wills of WJXT in Jacksonville, FL: “Mr. President, we’ve heard you sing, we’ve seen you do stand up at the correspondents dinner. I was just wondering if you would give any thought to being on ‘American Idol’ or ‘America’s Got Talent’?” he asked. “You’d be a big hit Mr. President.”

Obama: “My wife and my daughters find me embarrassing enough when I start performing. They certainly don’t want a large national audience seeing me in those kinds of situations. So I’m going to try to keep my singing to the shower most of the time.”