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New Obameme alert: Barack and Michelle's celebratory pound from his Tuesday night speech in St. Paul. It might turn out to be the most memorable image of the historic night, capturing an affectionate human moment as well as the couple's youth and cultural chic. Now it's everywhere, getting more buzz because the press had no idea how to deal with it. The video coverage is even better - note the slow motion, multi-angle replays in the first and the ever-popular record scratch effect in the second:

The blogs are salivating! Look, call it a pound, fist bump, or daps if you're cool enough to get away with it. And props to both reporters for eventually turning to Wikipedia, Slangsite, YouTube, and bloggers like Patrick Riley and The Frisky to get things straight. At least the MSM are getting better at recognizing when it's time to turn to the web. We'd also like to note that, despite differences in diction, we can all be thankful the pound fell well short of Al & Tipper Gore's PDA weirdness at the 2000 Convention.

So here's the real question: was it all a cheap political pander to address Obama's "everyman" problem? If you've played team sports, chances are you've thrown a pound or two. It's cooler than the high-five, less-awkward than the butt-slap. Leaving your local Pennsylvania bowling alley after a few Boilermakers? Pounds to your buddies, see you at the steel plant tomorrow. Perhaps he was trying to win the Larry David-led, handshake-phobic germaphobe vote (we hear he's also got pull in the bald community). Or maybe it was just a spontaneous, classy, modern celebration. Could it really be that simple?