Just based on his speech at the memorial service
(which was actually a pretty good speech, by the way) , it looks like President Obama is not playing the game the way some want him to:
The loss of these wonderful people should make every one of us strive to be better in our private lives - to be better friends and neighbors, co-workers and parents. And if, as has been discussed in recent days, their deaths help usher in more civility in our public discourse, let's remember that it is not because a simple lack of civility caused this tragedy, but rather because only a more civil and honest public discourse can help us face up to our challenges as a nation, in a way that would make them proud.
Just for the record, I think it's sort of tacky to hand out T-shirts prior to a memorial service. But I thought it was pretty significant what he said in the above quote. It sounds like he's telling Sheriff Dupnik, Matthew Yglesias, Paul Krugman, and many others, to shut the heck up.
The President seems to have learned his lesson. This is not 1995, and he is not Bill Clinton. But we'll see.
Onward and upward,
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