DAN RIEHL accuses Obama of premature opining on the Gates case. “As the occupant of the WH, Obama has a responsibility to speak for all Americans. He appears to be showing a pattern of not doing that, but seeing everything through a lens of racial politics, first. It is as unfortunate as it is dumb.”

UPDATE: Politico: At Big Moment, Obama Goes Small.

ANOTHER UPDATE: Andy Borowitz: Obama to Replace Anesthesia with Press Conferences.

Plus, Tim Noah on the resurrection of Neo.