Par for the course

From Froomkin:

John Schmeltzer writes in The Chicago Tribune about the White House's search for backdrops."'I received a phone call last week from the White House asking for the names of some manufacturers where they could take the president. They said they needed a manufacturer in the Loop,' said [Greg Baise, president and CEO of the Illinois Manufacturers' Association]. 'I suggested that might be difficult because there has not been a manufacturer in the Loop for more than a century.'"

Weren't they supposed to be masters of photo-ops?