Obama The Night Owl

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A reader writes:

Based on my reading of Michael Lewis' recent profile of Obama, what might be even more rare in the Oval Office than Obama's introversion is his apparent inclination to be a night owl rather than a morning person (I'm putting Clinton and his reputed ability to sleep four hours a night to the side). According to the article, he has a window from 10 pm (after Michelle and the kids go to sleep) until about 1 am that is his "me time". Then he sleeps until 7 am. I'm speculating a bit here, but I'm guessing that most previous presidents were morning people, either because their jobs as businessmen or farmers demanded it, or because of the generally high level of correlation between being a morning person and being a high achiever.

Little doubt he is up late tonight.

(Photo of the West Wing by Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images)