Obama the "Prom King"

Tom Maguire on Obama and the Press...

Obama opened a new front in his courageous War on Fox by inviting a select group of President Approved Pundits , including Keith Olbermann and Rachel Maddow, in for a private briefing.

A more subtle President would have limited the conversation to such lofty and pressing topics as Iran, Afghanistan, and the outlook for health care reform. A more subtle man would have allowed these keen pundits and opinion leaders to connect the dots for themselves and marvel at the good fortune that led the Prom King to walk all the way across the high school cafeteria to sit at their table. "OMG" they would whisper to each other, "I am like, so glad we don't hang with those mean Foxes that are always passing mean notes about The One."

Well. Maybe subtlety is not in the Chicago playbook. Or maybe Obama thought his audience was too dumb to figure it out for themselves. Or both! The Obama Way is, if you have a message, grab a jackhammer...