Howard Kurtz : AP phone records search Suddenly , the news pages are ablaze with scandal , and the commentators -- even some of the president 's usual defenders -- are bemoaning his shortcomings . , other sources have focused press on Obama . He says attention is n't just out of press self - interest ; Obama 's stuck in number of scandals . He says that for the first time , people started to think Obama caused them . Kurtz : Press may overreach to damage Obama ; still , scandal ##s are out governing .
Howard Kurtz : AP phone records search , other sources have focused press on Obama . He says attention is n't just out of press self - interest ; Obama 's stuck in number of scandals . He says that for the first time , people started to think Obama caused them . Kurtz : Press may overreach to damage Obama ; still , scandal ##s are out governing .