Obama's paparazzi presidency: Politico
Thursday, January 1, 2009 at 3:31PM
ABC’s Jake Tapper predicted this week that Barack Obama will be “the Britney Spears of 2009.”
Considering that Obama was deemed by some to be the Britney Spears of 2008, it wasn’t much of a leap.
But a funny thing happened on the way to the cover of Us Weekly. While Obama’s political opponents were able to use his star power against him during the campaign – remember McCain’s “Celeb” ad? – the entertainment press’s fixation with the president-elect seems to be helping him as he prepares to takes office. more

























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