Over at TPM, Greg Sargent opines:

Obama definitely pushed back hard on some of Chris Wallace's questions, but at no point did he draw attention to Fox's spreading of lies about him or critique the network in a general sense. ... To be clear, Obama wasn't obliged to go after Fox. But a senior adviser said Obama would, as a way of quieting criticism of him. And he didn't.

Sargent predicts Obama's appearance "will likely further dismay liberal bloggers." Well, I can't speak for all liberal bloggers, but this one quickly came to peace with Obama's decision. (In an update, Sargent references Matt Stoller, who was quite negative -- over-the-top so, in my view.) UPDATE: I initially thought Stoller's post was serious, but after playing the video, and reading the comments on that thread (thanks to Josh E. for point them out) I now realize Stoller was just screwing around. (UPDATE 2: I guess I was right the first time -- Stoller was serious after all. Odd.)

I do find it quite striking that Sargent's take on Obama's appearance is so negative, especially in light of his previous reporting. When Hillary Clinton went to Richard Mellon Scaife's newspaper and attacked Barack Obama over Jeremiah Wright, Sargent didn't even mention Scaife's connection to the newspaper. (He might not have been aware of the link at the time. Later in the day, Josh Marshall did mention Scaife.)

This all is just another reason I'm looking forward to the primary ending -- there's a much bigger fish to fry.