Father Apologizes For Having Normal Family

Illinois Senator Barack Obama allowed Access Hollywood to interview him and his family during an Independence Day family barbecue last week in Montana.

Access Hollywood is a hard driving, in your face news program that's known for its direct questioning and thorough research. When compared to Larry King Live, that is.

It was a light, fluffy and preciously cute give and take. The two Obama girls were sweet and respectfully precocious, just as we'd expect to see from two entirely normal girls.

It was a very real campaign moment that struck a pretty cool looking, "First Family" pose.

Then the wheels came off.

Obama faced backlash from the opposition that claims he was exploiting the very family that he had previously said should be left alone. So he ran in full damage control to the Today Show for a morning hug from Matt Lauer, to confess that the interview was a "mistake".

The Today Show interview with Lauer was the mistake. When Obama and his family were on Access Hollywood, it was the least calculated that Obama has been since he first pulled up his Iowa bootstraps to interview for the job of President.

I hope we see more of that. It's all beginning to seem too contrived.