By John Aloysius Farrell
The late Sen. Eugene McCarthy once said that the press was like a flock of birds. When one bird lands to rest its wings, the other birdies join it. When one bird flies from the telephone wire, all the others follow.
So, buckle up Obama fans. Hillary Clinton’s victories in Texas and Ohio and Rhode Island yesterday will send the flock in a new direction.
Over the course of the last two weeks, Hillary has ruined the media’s feel-good story line, and made the high-priced political reporters and cable TV commentators (exception: Joe Klein) look like a bunch of dim-wits.
The media birds are tired of this race; they yearn to go home and sleep in their own beds. They want things tied up in a neat package. They want it to be over. They want to see Hillary get her comeuppance. And they sure don’t want to work in Denver, they want to party.
They still love the idea of President Barack Obama. And they don’t much like the Clintons. But Barack has let them down. Made them look tame, and soft and stupid.
So now they are grumpy. And so he will pay.
