Damon Weaver gets his wish

Congratulations are in order once again for Pahokee's favorite budding journalist, Damon Weaver. Yesterday the 11-year-old got what he'd been after for almost a year: an exclusive interview with President Obama.

The 11-year-old's fame is increasing now that he finally scored an interview with President Barack Obama on Thursday. The 12 questions Damon asked, which focused primarily on education, was filmed as part of an education program that will be broadcast to schools around the nation next month.

The talk shows led the news with a typhoon in Taiwan, health care reform and wildfires in California. And soon, it was Damon's turn. His classic interview was mentioned on Good Morning America and the Today Show.

And Damon was all smiles as he talked with The Early Show Weather Anchor Dave Price about the interview he's called a dream come true. Price told Damon it was an honor to speak with him and he asked Damon what he thought about Obama.

"President Obama is so nice," Damon said. "I expected him to be like he was ... the President is a normal person."

He talked about the President like they were friends, and, well, maybe they are. At the end of yesterday's interview, he called Obama his homeboy.

This is fast becoming Damon's shtick: last year, he proclaimed that then-Senator Joe Biden was his homeboy, too.

Anyway, here's Damon's full interview with the president:

Not to be too self-aggrandizing here, but we knew about Damon before you did ... back when Blast Off! was ensconced in Palm Beach County.* We told you he'd get to the White House eventually ... largely on the strength of this video, which Blast Off! brought your way in December:

Nice work, Damon, and congratulations.

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* Just teasing ya here. :)