Barack Obama Interview on 60 Minutes

Steve Kroft’s interview of Barack Obama on 60 Minutes divided into three videos. 

Barack and Michelle Obama are such a warm, personable couple in the interview.    It brings to mind what writer Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez called “the Huxtable Effect” in describing how the “The Cosby Show” may have been a factor in the election of Barack Obama. 

As Rodriguez describes it:

So it is, I believe, that Barack Obama’s successful candidacy and likely presidency were heralded with the arrival of “The Cosby Show” in 1984. On the air for eight seasons, “The Cosby Show” featured Bill Cosby as Cliff Huxtable, an all-American father, doctor and husband, in the lead role. The impact of Cosby’s weekly presence in America’s family rooms, as the fair-minded, fun, quirky Dr. Huxtable, cannot be underestimated in its affect upon the consciousness of Americans who were children and young adults at the time.

When watching Barack and Michelle Obama, I am totally reminded of the Huxtables.  Smart, funny, warm, and engaging.