Let me begin by reminding you I was not in the editorial board meetings when Barack Obama charmed staff at the Chicago Tribune and Chicago Sun-Times last week.

I did not experience his effervescence as he carefully waded through questions about Tony Rezko.

I did not breathe his seductive cologne.

And I have yet to receive the “benefit of the doubt” card he must have flashed at both meetings. You know, similar to the “get out of jail free” card in Monopoly.