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Obama The Pickup Artist

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Jun 24 2009, 6:00 AM ET Comment

President Obama expresses undisguised contempt for the habits of the American media. And they luuuuv it. Do his low-grade insults make him irresistible? Who taught him this pop seduction technique?

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