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For the 85 to 90 percent of Americans who already have health 
insurance, this thing has already happened. And their only impact is that 
their insurance is stronger, better, more secure than it was before. Full 
stop. Thats it. They dont have to worry about anything else.-- President 
Obama at a press conferencePresident Obama had some gnarly news for the 
Democratic campaign committees: This is as good as it gets for his 
signature health law.In a press conference on the 100th day of his 
second term, Obama found himself on the defensive and short on answers. 
Syria genocide? Were looking into it. Benhgazi whistleblowers? Never heard 
of them. Intelligence gaps on the Boston Marathon bombing? This is hard 
stuff.Presidents usually dont have press conferences unless they have something 
they want to say, especially Obama who much prefers batting practice to 
swinging at fastballs when it comes to media queries.So why did insular 
Obama step to the podium on Tuesday if he didnt have more 
definitive answers to the pile of policy and political questions reporters 
would surely lay at his feet? Had he wanted to push a 
topic, Obama might have just beckoned Steve Kroft or Matt Lauer back 
to the White House.The reason for the press conference instead seemed to 
be for Obama to assert that despite a string of defeats, he 
is still relevant. Having been twice brushed back by Senate Democrats and 
with his second-term agenda looking like a dead letter, Obama wan
wasn't seriously 
injured Sunday when his horse stumbled and he pitched into the dirt 
track at the hippodrome on the outskirts of the capital, Ashgabat. But 
the fall was certainly a wound to the pride of the 55-year-old 
Central Asian leader, whose all-powerful personality cult portrays him as 
effortlessly competent.Thousands of people were in the stands for the race 
that celebrated Turkmenistan's renowned desert racehorse breed, the Akhal-Teke. 
But state television's video of the race cut off just before the 
fall and the extensive written reports on the event didn't mention the 
plunge.All domestic broadcasting in Turkmenistan is state-run; newspapers 
are either state-run or under heavy government supervision. Media criticism 
of the president is non-existent and elaborate praise of him is ubiquitous 
in this nation of 5 million, wedged between the Caspian Sea and 
Iran, Afghanistan and Uzbekistan.Turkmenistan's security agencies reportedly 
went into high gear to try to block video or images of 
the president's fall from slipping out to the rest of the world. 
The opposition-in-exile group Gundogar cited witnesses as saying police 
were carefully checking the computers, tablets, mobile phones and cameras 
of departing passengers at Ashgabat's airport. The horse celebration had 
attracted an array of foreign horse enthusiasts.Video obtained by The Associated 
Press shows a rider falling when his horse stumbles just after crossing 
the finish line 
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