Obama vs. Iran

I am currently out of town and writing this on my phone, so will keep it brief. I have been following the Iran situation via Twitter, paying more attention to my phone than to relatives I hardly know anyway.

Although Obama has slowly increased his rhetorical support for the democratic protesters, it is still clearly aimed at keeping the possibility of negotiation with the regime open. If he continues to push for negotiations that will legitimize the oppression, how will the media react?

I would posit that as much as they love Obama, the love is actually for the story of an idealistic, young African-American who became president. However compelling it is, that story is slowly becoming stale. How long, then, can the love of that story protect Obama when he is on the wrong side of an even more compelling story: the story of underdog, pro-freedom protesters fighting the evil theocracy?

For now the media is spinning on Obama’s behalf, but I think this is just the first time (of perhaps many yet to come) where he runs the risk of the media leaving him for a better story. His utter tone-deafness will cost him with his most valuable constituency, if not now, then eventually.