Who knew Dana Milbank had a sense of humor?

So much for the liberal media. John McCain and Barack Obama both appeared before the nation’s newspaper editors yesterday. The putative Republican presidential nominee was given a box of doughnuts and a standing ovation. The likely Democratic nominee was likened to a terrorist. At a luncheon for the editors hosted by the Associated Press, AP Chairman Dean Singleton quizzed Obama about whether he would send more troops to Afghanistan, where “Obama bin Laden is still at large?” “I think that was Osama bin Laden,” the candidate answered. “If I did that, I’m so sorry!” Singleton said. “This,” Obama told the editors, is “part of the exercise that I’ve been going through over the last 15 months.” Bitter, are we?

Obama’s event, Milbank reports, had wine and flowers on the table. McCain had donuts. With sprinkles. Good thing Democrats are shaking off that “elitist” reputation.