Big Obama fan here. I saw the bow on CNN & and Olberman, and it's all over the net. Very surprising & he'll have some 'splainin to do. Michele's embrace of the Queen, no biggy for me. Protocol since Diana has been shifting dramatically, and the Queen embraced her back. Both seemed very comfortable, unlike the time W. tried to give Angela Merkel a back rub on world-wide TV.

What bugs me so far is our President's choice of gifts. I get the, "OK we're in the 21st century now" IPod & DVD stuff, but for state gifts, don't they seem really tacky? The gifts are a formality, but so is all of this "high-end" diplomacy. I would have thought that advance people on both sides would have picked out something more meaningful. These "state" gifts last for centuries on display, they are more than personal tokens, even if they are "adapted " for the person's temperment (Ten-gallon hat for Bush, a saddle for Reagan, Cuban cigars for....Never mind) Yes I AM a big Obama supporter, but I also love a good laugh.