[DCBryan1]

No word of yet whether part of Obama's instructions to his underlings are to keep him away from "bitter clingers" and "typical white people".

Glad he is going though. Alabama may have HUNDREDS dead. 660 in hospital with many critical and not expected to survive. 50+ bodies in the street east of Rosedale housing complex not added to confirmed death toll as of 1100hrs CST. Many reports of moans and screams in debris piles not yet reached by motorized vehicles hundreds of yards from trama/rescue stations. And this is just Tuscaloosa...horror stories in Birmingham and other towns on twitter and radio chatter.

Prayers for Alabama today and two Freeprs who lost loved ones in the recent storms.

[Sarah Barracuda]

Obama is devastated that one of his favorite golf courses was damaged. You think he will have a few words about the loss of his golf course when he arrives

[TruthBeforeAll]

Make your own "Where's Obama" picture with this handy Obama Drop in, with transparent background and ground shadow included.

[hummingbird]

Maybe Obama is looking for his real Birth Certificate. Maybe he didn't get invite to Royal Wedding and going to Alabama will kind of mask for lack of invite.

In case he did get invite he would not attend a British event. Remember he had the bust of Churchill (I believe that's who it was) returned to British. He didn't even want to have in stored; he wanted it sent back to England pronto..

No, no, no. Barack Baby hates Britain because of how Kenyans and how his family was treated during Colonial days.

[hummingbird]

Obama probably would take the situation as another campaign opportunity.

[Abathar]

When Katrina hit the federal response was suppose to have been horrible and Bush took a heavy political toll by the MSM.

Seeing as this storm hit an area of completely different demographic and political makeup, lets just see if Obama is held to the same scrutiny of response that Bush was.

[Buckeye McFrog]

Obama flying to Alabama

(insert obligatory Dumbo picture post here...)

[Captain Peter Blood]

I don't know what the protocols are for getting Federal help.
The Alabama Governor had to call Obama to ask for it but why should he have had to? Don't they have TV’s at the White House?
Obama and his staff should have been all over this before anyone had to call regardless.
Last year's flood in Nashville and Tennessee, Obama was slow to react and any Federal help did not get there for a long time, if ever.

[SharpRightTurn]

Presidential campaign photo-op.

Count your silverware, Alabamians!

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

I wish presidents would refrain from doing this. While they want a photo op to look “caring”, instead it makes the president look like he has too much time on his hands. Which they don’t.

[Gaffer]

Let's all hope we see a US President in action. Regardless of what I personally think of the man, sometimes people have sparks of humanity and compassion without condition. This is what I hope his visit is about and ends up being.

So, I'll withhold further commentary until afterwards.

[boycott]

I can assure you obamar’s poll ratings will go up.

How can you not agree with someone that says they’re saddened by such a tragedy? They will say he looks presidential and this will carry him through 2012.

Bill Clinton’s poll numbers sucked before the OKC bombing where he went out there and said, “I feel your pain.” Media will have a lovefest with hussein over this.

And, by the way, I love Alabama. I live in Alabama now and I spent 5 years at The University of Alabama. Too bad hussein is going to use this to get miles out of it.

Prayers for all those folks that have been through so much because of these tornados.

[PghBaldy]

Not a coincidence that Tuscaloosa is 42.73% black...