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So, the President, a cop and a Harvard professor walk into a bar…er, a picnic table. By this point you probably know the rest. Was there other news yesterday? Who knows. The Presidential “it’s not a summit” “Beer Summit” dominated from morning to night.

And while cable took to the story like alcoholics to an open bar, print reporters seemed slightly more apologetic that they were devoting this much energy and attention to it. But devote they did.

At 5pm today President Obama will be meeting Henry Louis Gates and Sgt. Crowley for the much-hyped “Beer Summit.” But today also marks the 40 day anniversary of Neda’s death. Neda, you may recall, was the young Iranian woman who death during last month’s sweeping election protests was captured on video and watched around the world. Will today also mark Iran’s reemergence as a headline dominator? Or will beer and Birthers continue to rule the day?

On Friday, President Barack Obama surprised the Washington Press Corps with an impromptu jacking of the daily press briefing. The president “recalibrated” his statements after some caterwauling from … ahem … everywhere. He called the arresting officer a good cop. He wanted to take back the “stupid” comment and reassure everyone that he had no idea his little statement would obscure his health care initiative.

The President made a surprise appearance at today’s White House Press briefing to address the uproar over his comments about the arrest of Skip Gates at Wednesday’s press conference. The President described a phone call he’d had with the arresting officer, Sgt. James Crowley. They apparently spoke for awhile, and the President even suggested that [...]