Not paying attention

Elizabeth Bumiller types,

Shortly after 8 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 30, the White House sent out an e-mail message with an innocuous "Statement by the President" in the subject line. As might be expected of a seemingly routine announcement released in the dead time before New Year's weekend, almost no one paid attention.

No one? No one in the Washington bureau of the New York Times, I guess. 'Cause quite a few people took notice.

Here's one.

Here's another, two days earlier.

Even the New York Times Co.'s subsidiary.

It's good to know that, 16 days later, our favorite White House correspondant is catching on.