Just watched Robert Gibbs (pictured) first press conference--and yeeesh, it was ugly. A good part of this was the W.H. press corps perpetual, institutional instinct for the capillaries: a whole bunch of time wasted on Obama's retaking the oath of office; a whole bunch of questions looking for the bottom line on tangled policy issues that won't be resolved for months.
But where were all those old questions like, “since the presidency has failed, how does the president plan to…”
Oh, that’s right - I forgot for a moment - there is a Democrat in the White House now. That means all the questions should be “soft balls” now since everyone in the press corps not only voted for Obama but worked hard to get him elected.
Link to first White House press conference here.
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