'Please, sir, I want some more'

“No DC schools for Obama girls,” screamed the headline adorning the homepage of this morning’s Washington Post website. And just in case you missed it, the inside page headline hammers the point home: “Obama: D.C. schools don't measure up to his daughters' private school.”

The story derived from Obama’s interview on the “Today Show.” When asked why his daughters don’t attend a public school, he matter-a-factly replied:  they’ll get a better education at a private one.

The DC journos just love to print this stuff. Today’s piece makes certain you leave with two takeaways: The “elite” school Malia and Sasha attend (Sidwell Friends School) costs over – gasp! – $31,000 a year. And that (unnamed) critics call Obama “hypocritical” for spending big bucks on his girls while “allowing a federal voucher program in the District to lapse.” Mercy.

I’ve said this a million times before. Readers don’t care about this stuff. The reason is simple: What father wouldn’t spend lavishly to ensure his little girls get the best possible education if he could afford to do so? Parents lucky enough to hand their kids something besides a small bowl for the thin educational gruel now served by our school systems tend to do. (See “Waiting for ‘Superman’”)

Obama is commander-in-chief. But first he’s daddy-in-chief. People get that. Why don’t reporters?