Community Pining for Absent 'Organizer'

USA Today reports that Obama's Chicago landsmen miss him like crazy. They want him to "come home" so he can boost the local economy, as he did in the days of the swoon. Some, however, aren't sure it would help, now that the magic has worn off and brand Obama has undergone a substantial mark down: 

José Bahena, manager of Where the Buffalo Roam, a souvenir shop on Michigan Avenue, isn't sure that would help. Fascination with Obama was "just a trend," he says. "It was history in the making and all that people were talking about … but he's not as popular as he was."

Obama T-shirts that once sold for $20 have been marked down to $5, and European visitors, not Americans, are buying them, Bahena says. T-shirts featuring Michelle Obama in an iconic arm-flexing Rosie the Riveter pose, though, are "selling like crazy."

Rosie the Riveter, you say? Funny, I feel a song coming on:

Captivated swooners think he’s just Divine.
He’s the brightest guy with the smoothest line.
He’s makin’ history.
He’s such a mystery.
Barry (brrr) the riveting.

Won himself a coveted Nobel Peace Prize
Handed out by virtuous Norwegian guys.
Makin’ a speech again.
Moments to teach again.
Barry (brrr) the riveting.

Barry’s middle name is Hussein.
(Shhh! Don’t say it too loud.)
Likes to keep it on the q.t.
'Cept when he's in Cairo where he says it proud.

America exceptional? Don’t you be absurd.
All the hopeychangers hang on ev’ry word.
Changin’ America
Into Eurabia,
Barry (brrr) the riveting.