Sympathy Violin: High Schools Not Stampeding to Get Obama as Commencement Speaker

All together now: "Awwwwww."  Way to win the future, people!  How bad is it?  Last year saw 1000 high schools apply for a presidential turn as graduation speaker.  So far this year ... 68.  Hmmmm.  The hot trendy magic is gone, dude. Oh, but high school can be brutal.  Aaaaand now I feel like watching "Mean Girls."