Potus and Flotus handing treats to school children in Washington yesterday.

The in-depth interview with Michelle and Barack Obama appears today in the New York Times magazine. The interview which is lovely and very personal seems to have raised some serious questions about whether Obama uses his family to divert attention from what is happening on Capitol Hill.

The Sunday Times of London today reports that the “enthusiasm for the Obama family has until now obliged most Republicans to bite their tongues when discussing Michelle and the children, but there were mutterings last week that the president might be using his enviable private life as a diversion from awkward political realities – notably the prospect this week of Democratic defeats in elections for state governors in New Jersey and Virginia.”

And rather harshly the article concludes by saying that Obama is in danger of being seen as a failing politician.

“And familiarity with the details of his private life may quickly turn to contempt.”

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