We Have To Admit, We Really Aren’t Big On Enchantment

Let’s say you are Jeff Zeleny of the New York Times.  The President picks you for a question at a nationally televised prime time news conference.  You’ve got one shot, perhaps the last one for months, so you’ve got to make it good. Heck, you work for the New York Times, the “paper of record.”  So, naturally you ask:

“During these first 100 days, what has surprised you the most about
this office? Enchanted you the most from serving in this office?
 Humbled you the most? And troubled you the most?”

Rather than waste a question on runaway deficit spending, emerging violence in Iraq,  or the potential for a flu pandemic as any lesser, non-New-York-Times reporter might have done, Jeff Zeleny zeroed in on an area Obama has curiously spoken little about since his inauguration, perhaps hoping to avoid the red-hot controversy altogether:

What, exactly, was the President enchanted by?  And when did he know he was enchanted by it?

Hopefully, Zeleny’s hard-hitting style won’t freeze him out of future White House press conferences, as we have been told that there is plenty more where that came from:

Other Questions Jeff Zeleny Would Like To Ask The President:

If you could be any tree, what kind of tree would you be?

Do you think this shirt is a good color for me?

In your dealings with congress, would you consider yourself a rock, a paper, or a scissors?

You’re in North Korea meeting with Kim Jong Il.  What three foods would you miss the most?

I really like what you’ve done with your hair.

Moving on to Detroit, which Motown song best describes your personal journey to the Presidency?

You know, when the light hits you a certain way, it just takes my breath away.  It really does.   

What’s Michelle like in person?

I’ve got a couple of tickets for the Red Sox-Nationals game here in town, and I was just wondering if maybe you'd like to go?

What has charmed you the most about 
this office? Delighted you the most from serving in this office?
 Beguiled you the most? And bewitched you the most?...

J.