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Born at the Crest of the Empire

Monday, December 08, 2008

When the Meet the Press staff excitedly clusters around you after a show, looking for autographs, you are a popular president.

(REUTERS/Scott Olson)

It's been a long time since anyone has felt confident and good, in a sane rational way, about an elected official.

By matt, at 1:03 PM
Yeah, but this is Meet the Press, the very serious news program and they're gathering around like fans.

By mikevotes, at 1:27 PM
Yeah but, Meet the Press or not, these are Americans who have 401(k)s and kids and mortgages and, well, at the end of the day it's been a long dark eight years. And just how dark it's been is made even starker by the contrast with Obama's very reasonable, intelligent, hopeful and presidential demeanor.

By -epm, at 3:08 PM
I understand, and, frankly, pretty cool to have the Obama autograph, but you'd think if anyone would be past political starstruck, it'd be Meet the Press.

It's more a watermark for his popularity.

By mikevotes, at 4:32 PM
I know what you're saying, and I agree completely.

But here's the thing, there's two type of people I'd be thrilled to see: my favorite celebrity, and the guy who pulls over to help me get my car out of a ditch in the middle of nowhere. I'm probably reading too much into this, but while Obama is a "celebrity" I think people -- even MTP types -- see him as the guy who's gonna help them get our car out of the ditch too.

By -epm, at 6:55 PM
Maybe, and I'd buy that on a broader scale, but this picture looks celebrity to me.

Not that it really matters.

By mikevotes, at 9:32 PM