Obama Watched HBO Special About Himself Instead of Election Results During the 10AM ET hour of Americaâs Newsroom on Fox News Channel, fill-in co-host Martha Maccallum told viewers what President Obama watched on election night while Democrats suffered big losses in New Jersey and Virginia: âRobert Gibbs said, well, he was actually watching, you know, the HBO special about his year-long campaign and how it all went.â On Tuesday night the White House had worked to downplay the Democratic gubernatorial defeats by claiming the President did not watch the election returns. Apparently Gibbs thought it would look better if the commander in chief was watching a self-indulgent fawning documentary about himself. Interestingly, Obama apparently previewed the HBO special a few days earlier, as Gibbs himself explained to the blog Talking Points Memo: âWhite House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs says Obama has already seen âBy the Peopleâ...Gibbs told TPMDC Obamaâs review: âThumbs up!ââ On FNC, Maccallum noted: â...we know that Michelle and the girls went to the Miley Cyrus concert last night... So heâs all alone in that big house, right? Nothing to do but sit back and watch â reminisce about the long campaign and watch HBO and the special.â The HBO documentary, âBy the People,â debuted on Tuesday, in commemoration of the one year anniversary of Obamaâs election. http://newsbusters.org/blogs/kyle-d...pecial-about-himself-instead-election-results