Obama coordinated attack on Hoekstra

  When Obama appeared in Michigan a few weeks ago, he embarrassed himself and his country by, once again, publicly humiliating his "opposition" by attacking Pete Hoekstra. Turns out now that the White House made a point to tell the press corps that something was coming regarding Hoekstra. Unpresidential? Lacking gravitas? Not a serious human being?
  Read over at the Blog Prof, who is always on top of Michigan's stories.

And they weren't the only ones. It turns out that the media attack on Hoekstra was coordinated by the White House. From Tim Skubick: Stay or Go: That Was the Question

...As a veteran Congressman of 18 years, Republican Hoekstra knew the drill: When the boss shows up in yourbackyard, you show up "out of respect for the office." It's called protocol and even though Hoekstra took some flak from the anti-Obama wing of his own party, he knew he had to be there.

What he didn't expect, was what had him thinking: Stay or walk out?
The White House Press Corps had been tipped off that there would be something in the President's speech dealing with Hoekstra. Hoekstra got wind of it but had no idea would it would be. He was pretty sure Obama would not endorse him for governor.

...After the speech, everyone grabbed a shovel for the ground breaker and just after the first blade of dirt was tossed, the national and state media swarmed all over Hoekstra.