Obama’s townhall event at Facebook was quite the thing to behold. To say it was a friendly atmosphere for the president would be something of an understatement. The president enjoyed lots of softballs and applause and was never challenged on his answers. Based on his interaction with a local Texas TV reporter earilier this week — that’s just the way he likes it.

The question is, will the media and concerned voters let him get away with doing everything on his terms for the rest of the campaign? Over at the Examiner, Byron York notes that they weren’t so easy on Bush: