I know someone who skipped out on class to attend President Obama’s speech at MIT on Friday (she’s a fan). I suppose she remained unfazed by his teleprompter failure (Hat tip: Freedom Eden ): Maybe TotUS grew confused- in HAL 9000 fashion - as to the purpose of the MIT trip : Elizabeth Williamson reports on President Barack Obama’s remarks in Boston. President Barack Obama flew to Boston today for a speech at Massachusetts Institute of Technology about energy and the economy