MEDIA SUCKUP ALERT: In The Hill, which is usually more professional:

A relaxed, confident Barack Obama hit a pitch-perfect high note last week at the famed Apollo Theater in New York.

President Obama sang, “I’m so in love with you” — from Al Green’s hit “Let’s Stay Together” — and showed the world just how comfortable — if not sanguine — he is as he heads into the election year.

At Tuesday night’s State of the Union address, the same gravitas was on full display as a combative Obama took to the House lectern and told lawmakers in no uncertain terms that he would not “back down” in moving ahead with his agenda. Both public appearances illustrate the assuredness and moxie the president has exhibited in his quest for another term.

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