To Have Won

The first week of Barack Obama's presidency has ended (for those who think of Friday as the end of the week, even in the case of weeks that begin on a Tuesday) with the kind of crystallizing soundbite from the President that the media seeks, "I won". The following quote from the Wall Street Journal blog can be found repeated throughout the media:

"January 23, 2009, 2:32 pm

"Obama to GOP: ‘I Won’

"....With those two words — 'I won' — the Democratic president let the Republicans know that debate has been put to rest Nov. 4 .... Democratic and Republican aides confirmed the exchange. A White House spokesman said he wasn’t immediately aware of the exchange. The aides who heard the remarks stressed that it wasn’t as boldly partisan as it might sound."

What you will not learn about from those discussing this is the fact that those two words are identical to the closing line of "Teddy Tinyfingers," the January 14, 2009 comedy sketch idea I submitted for the January 17th "Saturday Night Live", to which considerable reference has been made in my blogs (including mention of an inside reference to it on the January 17th SNL).

The performance by Sting and Stevie Wonder of Sting's song, "Brand New Day" was the closing song and climax of "The Neighborhood Ball: An Inauguration Celebration," broadcast the evening of Inauguration Day live on ABC TV (and broadcast taped on the west coast). Of all the shows on TV relating to the inauguration on Inauguration Day, this was the primary mass consumption television product (other than the Inauguration itself), and included the President, his wife, the Vice President, and his wife (among others).

My previous blog discussed how that same closing song, "Brand New Day," resulted from a song I created, "Brand New River of Love".

Is it really so difficult to figure out from whence came Obama's choice of words, "I won," at this point in time/history?