So when I first heard Scott McClellan had endorsed Barack Obama, my first reaction was “figures.” I zipped right by it and didn’t think about it again all day. And then I came home, turned on CNN, and watched a few minutes (that’s all I could stand) of Larry King. McClellan was on as an Obama “supporter,” and I was fairly impressed. So then I began to rethink this endorsement a little.

Scott McClellan is, being a former Bush Press Secretary, the kind of guy who knows how to handle the media. He knows how to frame. He knows how to duck and pivot. But most of all, he knows how conservatives think and how they attack. This is a guy who could potentially become a very effective talking-head for Obama. I mean, he was cutting the shit right out of everything that was thrown at him. So this could actually end up being something of real value to Obama.