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Did the White House offer Rep. Joe Sestak a job (rumored to be Navy secretary) in return for not running against Arlen Specter in the Pennsylvania Democratic primary on Tuesday? No one will say for absolute sure. One imagines that if Rand Paul had not been afforded quite so much media time to clarify his views on the Civil Rights Act this storyline might have received more attention. As it is, it got secondary mention on all three network Sunday shows this morning.

Did President Obama’s Sunday media blitz make a difference? It’s hard to tell, though the headlines would suggest that the takeaway thus far seems to be split between issues of race and Obama’s ability to manage the media. So what if anything did this uber media savvy President have to say about the press is spends so much of his time courting? Mostly that the media loves rude. And he said it a lot.