The president dropped by Barnard College (my alma mater) this week to deliver the commencement address. It wasn’t long planned. No, the college had lined-up a woman speaker — Jill Abramson, editor of The New York Times. But in March, as part of the “war on women” gambit, the White House decided it needed a friendly female audience before whom the president could strut his feminist stuff. Barnard, bastion of women’s rights, dumped the Times gal for him in a New York minute.

The speech got scant coverage. The main takeaway seemed to be that a member of the audience shouted out that Obama should do the “moonwalk” when he happened to mention it. Thrilling. The press is keen to remind us that Obama remains cool to the kids. Chris Matthews, call your office.