That’s the thanks they get for whitewashing his controversies and covering for him for all of those months? A fee to cover the victory party he’s planning in Chicago? I’d say it’ll piss them off, but they’re so far in the tank that it won’t effect their coverage.

The best-funded political campaign in American history says news organizations will have to pay—in some cases almost $2,000 each—if they want to cover Barack Obama’s election-night celebration in Chicago.

A memo sent to news organizations on Tuesday by the Obama campaign says credentials will cost $715 to $1,815, depending on whether electrical and phone lines are needed and whether an indoor or outdoor seat is requested for the event, which is expected to be held outside the evening of Nov. 4 in Grant Park.

Actually, I’ll thoroughly enjoy the Tanning Bed Media, as Ed Morrissey calls it, having to fork over dough for the honor of covering The One’s victory celebration. They helped elect him, now they can be the first to pay for it. Wait, it gets better.

The area also does not include access to top Obama campaign officials, whose statements likely are to be in hot demand on Election Night. They apparently will be available only in the “press file” tent, to which an additional admission fee of $935 per person is being imposed.

He’s charging the media for access to the statements and spin his campaign release. They now have to pay to print his spin. The Age of Obama should be a fun one.

The stupidity is only just beginning.