Breaking: POTUS still in Hawaii

THE mainstream media has a problem. The vacationing Obamas are making zero news in Hawaii (unless you consider “POTUS departs 8:03 a.m. for the gym” news). Reporters seem convinced that there’s absolutely nothing else in Oahu that could shed insight into the local boy who became president. Evidently, it’s like being marooned on Gilligan’s Island. So, what’s a presidential press pool to do? Why, it covers itself, that’s what. The Washington Post reports that CNN's Ed Henry sports an "endless variety of multi-colored Hawaiian shirts and flip-flops." ABC News reporter Yunji De Nies complains she can't go surfing. "I have to be camera-ready all the time," she said with a straight face. Something might happen, you know. Gee, I wonder if any of this is connected to why America’s interest in news is melting faster than Obama’s favorite brand of Hawaiian shaved ice.