Given the mood, he had a bunch of one-liners available.
"I'm creating jobs." Pause for laughter. "Middle-class jobs!"
"How about that national debt? I've finally got that under control!"
"Some people worry about the balance of payments. Not me!!"
"I'm spending $50 million on ads, and giving the other $200 million to Scalia."
"Ol' Cash 'n' Kerry ain't got the cash I can carry!"
"I was deciding on another war or another tax cut. Flipped a coin, called "heads"! Guess what? It was a two-headed coin!!"
Etc.
The guy is as sensitive as dung beetle.
Arf
