Talking about Barack Obama's legacy on PBS's Charlie Rose on January 12, 2016, the host and longtime Newsweek editor Jon Meacham enthused about the President's "keen intelligence"
PBS’s Charlie Rose: “I want to raise two big issues about him that are fascinating to me and, Jon, all of you. How smart is he? What’s the sense of — is he one of our brightest presidents?”
Longtime Newsweek editor Jon Meacham: “Absolutely. I think so and I think it has the pluses and minuses.
Rose: “I’m asking from a real standpoint.”
Meacham: “It’s a keen analytical intelligence.”