Obama Uses Twitter Town Hall to Remind Us He’s So Chill

Under threat of the impending fiscal cliff, President Obama held a town hall-style Q&A today on the official White House Twitter account. Currently lawmakers are stalled out on negotiations to prevent automatic tax hikes from taking effect January 1. The Q&A’s stated mission was to inform the public about the impact of the fiscal cliff — which it did. But really it was PR. “Look, the President uses the internet and is cool and is friends with Jay-Z and Beyoncé. Does John Boehner do that?” More »