05/09/09 One of the dirty secrets of the Corro Dinner is that a lot of reporters who regularly cover the White House do not get to attend the dinner because their news organizations take their seats and give them to big wigs at the company or to their ad people as perks. I heard a lot more grumbling about that this year because it was Obama’s first as president and the corporate VPs all wanted to be in the room.  It makes for great bragging rights on the golf course, I guess.  Many more celebs came out as well because of the new President’s popularity.  It’s odd how this stuffy dinner has morphed into an Oscar party.

At any rate, here are some images from this year.