"Barack Obama plans paparazzi presidency to speak directly to voters" from UK Telegraph reports the obvious - that Barack Obama will be America's first paparazzi president - a "polebrity" or "celebritician". Even the Secret Service, sworn to proptect him, is in on the gig - helping paparazzi press get hot shots of the president.
Acknowledging the numbers of readers of People, Us Weekly and other celeb mags, the Obama team is consciously courting this press to seel Obama's programs - and ironically stiffing the press poodles of the traditional mainstream media - forcing them to behave like celebrity rags in a tough economic environment - although they are complicit and not seeming to mind one bit.
The question is - will there come a time that the press turns on Obama - and with how much of a vengeance?
And how long will the public and press be bamboozled by Obama as he ironically tries to use celebrity as George Bush allegedly did fear to get his way and co-opt the press and public.
They plan to use Mr Obama's status as the world's leading "Celebritician" or "Polebrity", offering pictures of the Obama family and soft focus interviews with glossy magazines to maintain his popularity and help sell his political plans directly to middle America, starting with his plans for a trillion dollar stimulus plan to kickstart the economy.
Using his celebrity to appeal to the public over the heads of his opponents in Congress is just one way Mr Obama hopes to change politics in Washington. He is also planning to mobilise his vast network of supporters, and the database of 13 million email addresses he gathered during the campaign, to build pressure on Senators and Congressmen to push through his ambitious agenda.
The so-called Obama 2.0 network will ensure that those who oppose his plans are lobbied hard by their constituents, uniting the President and his most aggressive supporters to circumvent the traditional limitations on a president's power.
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