Ya know, the pettifogger has no excuse not to show up, even if Obama himself is “officially busy.” And the case will roll on whether or not he does. And anyhow can’t Obama call in on the phone or sumfin?
You’re grammatically right about “A kudos” rather than “Some kudos.” “Kudos” is one of those uncommon singular English words that ends in a single “s.” Usually English puts “ss” at the end of such words (e.g. hiss, boss) but kudos was borrowed from Japanese in the 20th century.
S-s-s-s-ure he can.
Ping for postponed edification...