Our Public Servant-in-Chief

A fascinating article in today's Washington Post about the mental cartwheels the White House press corps need to turn in order to elicit a newsworthy answer from the president of the United States.

Here's a man who holds the highest office in the country, influences the entire world, stifles all dissent within and without his administration, and treats journalists--the public's proxies--as unworthy to hear his Word.

It all reminds me of that great line from Broadcast News, when Holly Hunter's high-strung, moxie-overloaded TV news producer gets into an argument with her boss over who will anchor a breaking story.

Steadfast in his decision and fed up with Hunter's holier-than-thou attitude, he says: "It must be nice to always believe you know better, to always think you're the smartest person in the room." "No," she says, feeling sorry for herself. "It's awful."