CALMING THE WATERS. A rapprochement appears to be in the works between Barack Obama and Al Sharpton, with the former smoothing the latter's ruffled feathers with a short phone call, reports the New York Daily News. Relatedly, the Daily News has also decided to give Obama the rather awesome short-hand headline name of "Bam," as in "Al & Bam phone chat axes feud." I foresee a string of "Biff! Bam! Pow!" online ads, with maybe an occasional "Zowie!" thrown in for good measure. Some guys have all the luck.
--Garance Franke-Ruta
