Star’s Headline Writing Team can’t resist

by David Safier

Obama is pushing his jobs plan at stops around the country, as he promised in his speech to Congress. He's using every trick in the book, as can be expected. And he has his eye on the presidential race, obviously. But mostly, he's trying to get this bill through.

Republicans want to re-spin this by saying it's all political. And the Star's Creative Headline Writing Team is happy to oblige.

Here's the headline for today's AP story on Obama's speech in Ohio:

Obama, in campaignlike speech, plugs jobs bill in Ohio

"Campaignlike." "Plugs." Two words that put Obama's message in a less-than-flattering light.

Let's look at other heads for the same AP story:

Obama: Congress has no reason to wait on jobs bill (Miami Herald)

Obama: Congress has no reason to wait on jobs bill (CBS News)

President pressures Congress on jobs bill (Boston Globe)

I didn't find any other paper or TV News site that featured the "campaignlike" aspect of the speech, or used a Madison Avenue-like term, "plugs." I wonder, during Bush's presidency, where Bush was in perpetual campaign mode (much like Clinton before him and, possibly to a lesser extent, Obama after him), did the Star point out the campainlike trappings of his speeches?