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A shocked Barack Obama fled a group of reporters yesterday demanding answers to surfacing questions regarding the Democratic presidential candidates campaign. Does this signify the end of the love affair between the so-called mainstream media and Liberal darling Barack Obama? Maybe.

Up until now, a plenitude of footage and quotes portraying an all-together exasperated Hillary Clinton has satisfied the media’s appetite for “edge” and provided Mr. Obama an unusual immunity to media-scrutiny. But the pilloried-Hillary image may have morphed into an object of pity—excessive scrutiny tends to do that. The time has come for a classic showdown with Mr. Confidence.

The media is a dog—big, powerful, dirty, smelly—with one exception: It’s not loyal to anything or anyone. The Clinton’s made this mistake earlier in the campaign. Barack may be just learning his lesson.

Like a dog, the media loves the taste of blood. It doesn’t have to be Republican blood, white-blood, woman or man blood. Just blood period. At yesterday’s conference, the reporters smelt blood, and Barack fled like wounded prey. The trail is hot, and no reporter in his right mind will let it get cold.

So expect to see a lot more of Obama’s frightened face. Expect to hear a lot more of the “we’re running late” excuse with “all the pertinent information has been presented”, and the sound of swooshing curtains. Love affairs don’t last, especially when your mistress is a pack of heartless reporters who make a living off political blood and guts.