CNN on Obama..."a man they barely know."

I came across a commentary by CNN's Jonathan Mann entitled "Which hero do we want Obama to be?" Mr. Mann writes that "America loves its heroes and Barack Obama has already become one. In fact, he's become several."

Mr. Mann goes on to state that "The way some Americans talk, they are getting (several) presidents in one." He then states that the American people have begin to view Obama as similar to John F. Kennedy, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln and Bill Clinton.

My reaction to this was why shouldn't the American people hold this view of the Chosen One considering the mainstream media's love affair with the Senator from Illinois?

But then I was stopped in my tracks when the CNN commentator cautioned the American people to remember that Obama has yet to take office as the President and until January 20th, his status during any visit to the Oval Office will be that of a junior senator visiting the White House.

Mr. Mann closes his commentary by asking if Obama will be a great president or even a good one and then states that "The Americans who are comparing him to those remarkable predecessors are putting a lot of faith in a man they barely know."

My question to Mr. Mann and all his buddies at CNN is simple - Just why is it that we know so little about this man who was just elected to the presidency and why is CNN posing this cautionary advisory only now after the election is over?

Could it be that this revelation only struck them after they got out of bed with their candidate?

It's a little late for the mainstream media to start hedging their bets.