[frankiep]

I see. So by taking what was a non story (he didn’t have to get involved at all) and turning it into a story he has somehow protected himself against negative spin from the press. That tells me that he has learned nothing at all about the nature of the media in the 7 years he has been in the White House. It also lends even more credibility to Obama’s claims that he an agent of positive change - “after all, even the Republican president said that my candidacy is historic and a positive for the nation”.

[1rudeboy]

He took a non-story (the first time a black has been nominated to run for President, but I digress), did what he (a politician himself, but I digress) has done all along (graciously compliment the victor of a political competition, but I digress), and gets a positive story out of it in the press (despite the wailing, gnashing of teeth, and rending of garments on FR, but I digress).

Does that about cover it?