From the Left: Will Saletan with Slate’s take.

From the Right: Fred Barnes with The Weekly Standard’s take.

The press conference itself: C-SPAN video | White House audio | White House official transcript

Wisdom from yesterday’s edition of ABC’s The Note:

But it is the press conference that will almost certainly shape the cycle, and here’s what you can count on:

1. The President’s opening statement will be filled with muscular, patriotic rhetoric with a “stay the course” theme.

2. The President’s performance will be really good or really weak. Or, perhaps, it will SEEM really good if you already like him, and SEEM really weak if you don’t. Watch the blogs for insta-reaction.

3. Reporters will struggle to phrase things just right to come off as both tough and respectful; the President will struggle to control the daggers of irritation flying from his eyes, and will fail at least once. (The words “Can I finish?” or “Let me finish!”will be uttered.)

4. Except for print reporters on deadline and cable talking heads, we’ll all be done in time to watch Mariners versus Angels on ESPN at 10:00 pm ET, Mr. President.