WASHINGTON — Moments before Elena Kagan is introduced to the nation as President Barack Obama’s choice for the Supreme Court, the president turns to her and offers a mock-helpful suggestion: “Just don’t trip. That’ll be really embarrassing.” Kagan chuckles and shoots back playfully, “It’s very nice of you to say that.”
It’s a small moment, recorded in a recent edition of “West Wing Week,” a video diary of presidential doings that the White House posts each week on its website (), Facebook (), YouTube () and elsewhere.
Now entering their third month, the 6- to 8-minute-long videos are promoted as “your guide to everything that’s happening at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.” That’s a stretch. But they are a chronological stroll through Obama’s week, and roll in snippets of behind-the-scenes action at the White House and oddball bits of humor.
Obama spokesman Josh Earnest, who narrates the videos, says they help fill “the president’s commitment to ensure his White House is the most transparent in history.”
