Remember Damon Weaver? The smooth and charismatic 5th grader who interviewed the Vice President-Elect for a journalism class project last October and proclaimed, “Joe Biden is my Homeboy”? Well, he’s back and on a quest to gain the inauguration press credentials to interview President-Elect Barack Obama. Can someone give this kid and his teacher a medal?

Breaking update this morning: Hooray! Damon Weaver just got his press credentials for inauguration and plans to shout interview questions for Obama during the parade—and he’s looking pretty suave in a tux.