Just A Little More Media Gushing

  Well with all the media hype and gushing headlines, you'd think The One has shown up.

  Oh wait, he has.

  But the big question is how long will the media fawning - complete with videos, special editions and just about anything else to make a buck - continue with Barack Obama?

  Media critic Howard Kurtz of The Washington Post asks that very question in this article.

  Quote: But what happens when adulation gives way to the messy, incremental process of governing? When Obama has to confront a deep-rooted financial crisis, two wars and a political system whose default setting is gridlock? When he makes decisions that inevitably disappoint some of his boosters?

"We're celebrating a moment as much as a man, I think," says Newsweek Editor Jon Meacham, whose new issue, out today, compares Obama to Lincoln. "Given our racial history, an hour or two of commemoration seems appropriate. But there is no doubt that the glow of the moment will fade, and I am sure the coverage will reflect that in due course."