Obama to Appear on Fox News Sunday after Two Years of Not

By Jacy Wojcik in News on Apr 25, 2008 9:25PM

Barack Obama is scheduled to appear this week on FOX News Sunday morning show, exactly 772 days after he initially agreed to be a guest. Yes, Fox News has been counting. Complete with an over-dramatic 24-esque “Obama Watch” ticking clock graphic that has been patiently tracking the time (down to the second) since Obama agreed to appear on the show over two years ago. Host Chris Wallace says that Obama agreed to be a guest on the show in 2006 but has since given him the “silent treatment” and attributes the change of heart to Obama’s recent loss in Pennsylvania.

“If he had won he’d probably on a Caribbean island this weekend. The fact that he’s going to be on Sunday television and on FOX News may be an indication he figures he has to reach out to working-class Democrats, moderates and conservative Democrats and FOX News is a good place to do it,” he said

Nah, it wasn't the loss. It was the ticking clock. That sh*t will make you do anything.

[NY Times, FOX, photo courtesy of Barack Obama's campaign flickrstream]