Obama to be on Monday Night Football – When will he host Nightly News?

Good Grief! Can I not even watch a Bears game without hearing people fawn over my Senator, Barack Obama? News reports this afternoon are saying that Sen. Obama (D-IL) will be on the broadcast of this evening’s Bears/Rams game. If you do not live in Chicago you cannot imagine the news coverage of Obama. The coverage has seemed wall to wall in both newspapers although in reality it has probably averaged a little over one story per day per newspaper. The Sun Times DC correspondent Lynn Sweet seemed to be following the poor guy around like a puppy a few weeks ago. Tonight’s appearance means that we will be treated to even more Obama-fawning articles tomorrow and in the sports section no less!

I think that the local press folks believe, with some possible validity that they will have some sort of access to the White House if Mr. Obama becomes President. After all it was just two years ago that Mr. Obama was running his first statewide campaigns, during which both of his strongest adversaries succumbed to sex related media scrums. The way things have been going in the press around these parts those journalists should expect to get a few sleepovers in the Lincoln Bedroom, minimum.

While searching the web for a piece to link to I did have to laugh at this Kansas City Star head line, “Major announcement from Obama ... Senator backs Chicago Bears”. Unfortunately the AP story is just another fawning piece about an Obama joke. Although I must say that as a citizen of Illinois I am happy that Mr. Obama has come out strongly on an issue that rises above what seems to be the usual picayune. Okay, so it’s a Bears game.