Barack Obama is one of those magical, dulcet-voiced beings capable of calming fussy babies. This is known. Here's a video documenting his technique. "You okay, baby?" he shouts in the crying baby's face. "No! No! Come on, baby. You won't cry." He lifts the baby out of wife Michelle's arms. It stops crying. I can't believe that actually worked.

Like Obama, Baldwin is among those enchanted people babies always love. He recently approached a screaming toddler who "immediately started smiling at him, handed him her baby bear, and he gave it a kiss." Why do babies like these people?