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For a second, I thought you said "choosing a birka for Kim Kardashian," and I thought that was a great idea!
The way I see it is this - if you can't handle unfriendly press, you shouldn't be President. That goes for Obama as much as it does for anybody in the Republican clown car right now. As much as I don't like Trump, at least he can handle the heat. Cruz can't, he automatically goes to whiny. Clinton kind of can, but not entirely. Trump and Clinton seem to be the only ones who recognize that the other party exists and will have to be dealt with.
Personally, I don't think anyone on the Republican side has been beaten up by the media more than Jeb Bush and a lot of it for nothing other than his family connection. And he seems to be handling it just fine. Former Governors are used to being beaten up by the media and Trump is a creature of the media so they can handle it. Clinton, as well, has a lifetime of creating false enemies to fight against in order to hide from real scrutiny, so she's not about to be bothered by a little heat. The other Governors like OMalley and Christie and Huckabee seem to just let criticism roll off their backs and move on. Fiorina also has a history of taking heat and performing well. Cruz and Obama, however, are prime examples of people who aren't used to being questioned and they don't take it well. Even after six plus years, Obama is still very thin skinned.