Oh Lord, Kumbaya

The president's senior adviser and friend, Valerie Jarrett, insisted that President Barack Obama had no idea what questions were coming his way today.

""I want to emphasize that the president has not seen the questions ahead of time, absolutely not," Jarrett said at a "town-hall'' styled forum on healthcare reform today at the Annandale, Va., campus of Northern Virginia Community College.

The president's staff chose the questions - the first from a woman with her hand up and aides pointing at her.

Howevah Wapo reports..

The president called randomly on three audience members. All turned out to be members of groups with close ties to his administration: the Service Employees International Union, Health Care for America Now, and Organizing for America, which is a part of the Democratic National Committee. White House officials said that was a coincidence.

And CNSNews:

Fighting back tears, Debby Smith, 53, told Obama of her kidney cancer and her inability to obtain health insurance or hold a job. The president hugged her -- she's a volunteer for his political operation -- and called her "exhibit A" in an unsustainable system that is too expensive and complex for millions of Americans.

...Smith, of Appalachia, Va., is a volunteer for Organizing for America, Obama's political operation within the Democratic National Committee. She obtained her ticket through the White House.

Hmmm....