Link: The turnaround (Openleft)

Must-read piece by Eric Boehlert (the original)

(Warning: it's a bit depressing)

Yesterday, Mark Halperin proclaimed, at a conference at USC, that the press was absurdly in the tank for Obama, and that it represented the greatest failure of the press since the run-up to the invasion of Iraq. The most "disgusting", is how he described it.

Link: Mark (ruled by Drudge) Halperin on the "disgusting failure" of the press wrt Obama

Will the press execute a similar turnaround in its coverage of Obama? Will we be subjected to an endless parade of scandallettes?  Well, if so, I'd like to highlight one potential topic for a scandal, written about in todays the Sunday Times:

On the campaign trail, Barack Obama promised to get a million plug-in hybrid cars on the road by 2015. His own new presidential limousine will be far from green, however.

The Obamobile being prepared for the president-elect is said to be a monster gas-guzzler made by General Motors, the troubled car giant. It will look like a black Cadillac but is built like a tank. A spy photographer who tracks down future car models for magazines snatched pictures of the heavily disguised first-car-in-waiting when it was being road-tested last summer.

 Gasp.  The new presidential limousine isn't a Prius!  What hypocrisy!

The author goes on to say:

While security is paramount - the car is built to survive roadside bombs as well as gunfire - there are hybrid four-wheel drives on the market, such as Ford's Mercury Mariner, which some critics believe could have been adapted for the president.

The tried and true "some people say" method of reporting.  If you want to read the whole piece, here's the link: 

The limo's not a Prius! What a hypocrite!

Any thoughts on any other "scandals" that we'll be subjected to?  The puppy?  The school?

FYI: thepeoplechoose has a blog entry on the Halperin comments: Halperin/media bias?