Apparently President Barack Obama's definition of transparency is quite erroneous. As it appears it is more opaque than transparent -- if you ask me.

About half-way through President Obama's press conference Monday night, he had an unscripted question of his own. "All, Chuck Todd," the President said, referring to NBC's White House correspondent. "Where's Chuck?" He had the same strange question about Fox News's Major Garrett: "Where's Major?"

The problem wasn't the lighting in the East Room. The President was running down a list of reporters preselected to ask questions. The White House had decided in advance who would be allowed to question the President and who was left out.

While presidents are free to conduct press conferences however they please. It strikes me as odd that a president pledged to openness and transparency would preselect who and who can not ask him questions.

If this is a sign of what is to come, I believe there will be a lot of voters that will feel betrayed and let down. Then again maybe not. Similar to the Clinton's, the followers of The One tend to feel he can do no wrong. Creating odd and irrational reasoning to his doings when he happens to make a political blunder.

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