Obama wins the day as comedian-in-chief

US President Barack Obama served as comedian-in-chief over the weekend, predicting that his second 100 days in office will be so successful he will wrap them up in record time.

“I must confess I really did not want to be here tonight,” Obama told guests at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner – an annual black-tie gathering of journalists, politicians and Hollywood celebrities. “But I knew I had to come. That’s one more problem that I inherited from George W Bush.”

Alluding to his reputation for staying cool and on message, Obama ticked off a series of goals he hoped to achieve.