Reply #10: I'm not surprised

[RinaX]

The media (and some here) want to jump all over Obama for not responding initially in a way that they thought was the best, but IMO most people have simply paid attention to the fact that A) Blago was clearly pissed off that he wasn't going to be able to get any pay for play from Obama and B) The prosecutor making it pretty clear from the outset that he didn't see Obama being involved. I personally don't watch the 24-7 news channels, and have never seen Morning Joe or most of the people who are ranted about here daily. NBC nightly news is the most exposure I've gotten to it. I'll note that I think they've been quite good in their coverage and seem to be focusing more on what Blago did wrong himself than any illegal involvement of Obama or his staff.