Liberal Talk Makes the Front Row

With Obama 1260 radio going off the air in Washington D.C. liberal talk show host Ed Schultz needed something to do, so the Obama folks gave him a front row seat at last night's press conference:

What if Sean Hannity or Rush Limbaugh were up front at Bush's press conferences in the East Room?

Well, as network correspondents sat in the second row, liberal radio host Ed Schultz managed to snag a seat up front, right next to Helen Thomas.

Schultz told Politico's Jonathan Martin that his front row was seat was assigned to him.

I have a feeling it wasn't just political patronage that put Schultz on the front row. Somebody needed to babysit the senile Helen Thomas and make sure she didn't go off on an anti-Bush rant. Schultz was perfect because just like nearly all of America, Thomas wouldn't have known who he was and wouldn't have been inclined to talk to him during the presser.