"Romney Resumes Campaign; Obama Deals With Storm" -- PERFECT HEADLINE on Today Show

Another fine post from Ian Reifowitz over at Daily Kos

Headline on the Today Show:  "Romney Resumes Campaign; Obama Deals With Storm"

Could we get a better headline than that one, folks?

On the all-important, hugely popular Today Show, we have Matt Lauer looking serious, sitting next to co-host Savannah Guthrie, who throws it to Chuck Todd at the White House.

Todd: Mitt Romney actually resumes a full campaign schedule today in Florida, but President Obama will focus for one more day fully on Sandy recovery efforts. He'll get that firsthand look of the Jersey Shore and the damage there later today.

The broadcast also included Christie's remark:

I don't give a damn about election day. It doesn't matter a lick to me, so let the politicians who are on the ballot worry about election day. It's not my problem. I'm not dealing with it at the moment.

In the context of the report about Obama working with Christie, that only further highlights the contrast between what the President is doing today, and what Mitt Romney is doing today.

The headline for the report online at NBC is:

Romney Resumes Campaign; Obama Deals With Storm

Just perfect. While Mitt Romney is out hunting for votes, saying anything people want to hear, the President will be out there doing his job. He'll be in New Jersey with Republican Chris Christie, observing the damage from Sandy up close, working across party lines to help Americans.

It looks like this election got its October Surprise after all. And her name is Sandy.

PS-Please check out my new book Obama's America: A Transformative Vision of Our National Identity, published last month by Potomac Books, where I discuss these issues in greater detail. You can read a review by DailyKos's own Greg Dworkin here.