White House Really Happy It Avoided a 'Media Circus' With Shirley Sherrod's Firing

 And how did the White House managers react to Shirley Sherrod beingfiredfrom the USDA because Andrew Breitbart fucked around with a video he found somewhere? High Fives all around, according toPolitico'sBen Smith. During Tuesday morning's staff meeting, White House deputy chief of staff Jim Messina reportedly said, "We could have waited all day -- we could have had a media circus -- but we took decisive action and it’s a good example of how to respond in this atmosphere." Uh, yeah dude. [ Ben Smith ]