Obama said such laws were "a waste of time," but didn't hold back on his own view on the fad.

"Having said that, brothers should pull up their pants," he declared. "You are walking by your mother, your grandmother, your underwear is showing. What's wrong with that? Come on."

"Some people might not want to see your underwear - I'm one of them," he added.

If anybody who actually wears baggy pants heard this from any other presidential candidate in history, their reaction would be, quote, "Whatever." But Obama may finally be able to make some real headway in our nation's deadlock over just how much sag is allowable amongst our youth. Having Obama say this is kind of the equivalent of having Bill Cosby say it to Theo's friends 20 years ago: He's not an old dude who's trying to be down, he's just an older dude who's naturally cool and who demands your respect because of that. Therefore you just may see some cats pulling up their jeans for Obama.

He also said Sway's dreads "looked tight," which is just one more reason he is the coolest politician everrrrr. [NYP; Pic via Guanabee]

It's not like the man has to start something new. His own news site, Breitbart.com, does huge traffic because it's where all of Drudge's wire report items link to. He also has a video site, and he worked on the launch of the now-successful Huffington Post (though he's since divested—he's a true conservative believer).

Breitbart works the afternoon shift at the Drudge Report. The two have remarkably seamless editorial styles, though some feel Breitbart has a lighter touch. More importantly, while Matt Drudge himself rarely speaks to the press or flits about in public settings, Breitbart is actually popular, and even a bit of a real-life schmoozer:

Before we left [a party at the Republican convention], the pundit Jonah Goldberg accused him of being the most popular guy in the room.

At the National Journal party, publisher David Bradley was delighted to finally put a face to the name. “That’s Andrew Breitbart?” he exclaimed. Walking into the Weekly Standard party, a friend from L.A. greeted him. “Have you had a chance to take a shower yet?” joked Steve McEveety, who is Mel Gibson’s producing partner.

Okay big shot! Breitbart is truly Dr. Jekyll to Drudge's Mr. Hyde. And a good man to know. We plan to get a good deal of comedy value out of his new venture.

[NYO]