[Dixie Yooper]

Obama's party--paid for, the White House said, by the First Couple--was closed press and not on his official schedule. Obama's team was not eager for pictures of the bash, coming as the stock market was plunging and a new jobless report comes out Friday morning.

How many of these "paid for by the First Couple" parties have The First Couple thrown now? What happens when the party bill exceeds the income of The First Couple? Food Stamps?

[equaviator]

...”Obama’s team was not eager for pictures of the bash, coming as the stock market was plunging...”

My instincts tell me that the Obamas and their friends have been celebrating mass short-sellings of the markets these past few days. Is it unthinkable? I think not.