SOME PRE-CONVENTION CHEER FROM POLITICO: Media: Obama is egotistical, selfish, dull. “The convergence of skeptical pieces, all of which suggest Obama has failed to live up to the mythic expectations he set for himself in 2008, signal that Obama may be facing unprecedented media headwinds just as the nation’s voters are really tuning in to the 2012 campaign.” To be fair, at this point pretty much any media headwind would be unprecedented.