Obama and Hollywood: State of their Union

The usual gang of Hollywood A-listers will attend Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee fundraiser August 16. With rising "wrong track" poll numbers and mounting criticism by donors and supporters over the administration's Afghanistan policy, compromises in the health-care bill and lackluster Wall Street reform, it's painfully obvious that many Hollywood natives are getting restless. President Barack Obama has not cozied up to the industry and, indeed, has told insiders he feels uncomfortable schmoozing with show business bigwigs -- a big departure from Bill Clinton. This marks only the fourth time Obama has visited Hollywood as president. Obama's best friends in Los Angeles are his old Chicago and Harvard Law School buddies.