Obama and Romney Laugh It Up

With the upcoming elections, things have been heated up for the past few months. And though not to the same level, both major contenders, as well as the PACS and Super PACS that support them, have resorted to some cheap shots, ad hominem attacks and tactics that are unbecoming of our best ideals of civility and leadership.

So I was really glad to see Obama and Romney take a break this past week to lighten things up and engage in some humor at their own expense and that of each other.

Here's Romney, who actually did a lot better than I would have expected:

And here's Obama, more experienced in this kind of thing, and therefore doing a better job:

That joke about having been rested for the second campaign from the nap he took during the first one was priceless :)