Somebody tell President Obama, said Lauren Beckham Falcone in the Boston Herald—he's supposed to be commander in chief, not celebrity in chief. But Obama seems more comfortable in Hollywood than Washington, with a media blitz that has taken him from Jay Leno's Tonight Show to 60 Minutes. Americans want our presidents to be accessible, "but as Britney Spears taught us all, sometimes too much limelight can sour a career."
There's a reason Obama's strategy of taking his message directly to the people is giving his political rivals fits, said Brian Lowry in Variety. It works. Unlike his predecessor, Obama has an easy command of the facts, which makes these TV appearances very effective. So brace for more, because Obama has additional prime-time media events planned.
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