At the end of May, President Obama said goodbye to outgoing Press Secretary Jay Carney. There was subsequent speculation about Jay Carney’s next job, but was there ever any doubt that he’d end up back in the mainstream media?

Welcome to CNN @JayCarney who joins as a CNN political commentator. You'll see him tonight on our covg of POTUS ISIS speech. — Sam Feist (@SamFeistCNN) September 10, 2014

Fmr WH Press Secretary Jay Carney: “I’m thrilled to be joining CNN at a time when there is so much happening in the nation and the world” — Kamahl Santamaria (@KamahlAJE) September 10, 2014

#ShockedFace:

Shock! MT @Hadas_Gold: @JayCarney joins CNN as political commentator, starting TONIGHT as Obama makes ISIL statement http://t.co/pOZf6Dx2sA — Noah Rothman (@NoahCRothman) September 10, 2014

Wait, CNN thinks people are going to watch Jay Carney voluntarily? Well okay. Should be fun. — S.M (@redsteeze) September 10, 2014

Will the Circle Jerk Be Unbroken: Jay Carney waltzes through the revolving door for gig at CNN — David Burge (@iowahawkblog) September 10, 2014

Revolving Door. RT @Mediaite: Jay Carney Joins CNN, Will Cover Obama’s Speech Tonight http://t.co/ZyuA63CE9C — CounterMoonbat (@CounterMoonbat) September 10, 2014

Shocker MT @thegarance: “Former White House Press Secretary Jay Carney will join CNN as political commentator” 2nite http://t.co/UZ8f19ASls — Toby Harnden (@tobyharnden) September 10, 2014

Another reason not to watch @CNN? Hired Jay Carney. Yawn …. — Scarlett Azar (@scarlettbama) September 10, 2014

At least it's not as a reporter. RT @ConsWahoo: This is my <shocked face> RT @politico: Jay Carney joins CNN http://t.co/6ULy3EXGLI — DrewMTips (@DrewMTips) September 10, 2014

How did it take this long – RT @politico: Jay Carney joins CNN http://t.co/d4ts4wEbnr — Cameron Gray (@Cameron_Gray) September 10, 2014

@theblaze @JayCarney I thought he worked for the media already 😉 — Singing Cath (@singingcath) September 10, 2014

I'm pleased to announce that Jay Carney has gone to work for me at CNN. — Barack Milhous Obama (@PresPasserby) September 10, 2014

Here’s the kind of totally believable analysis CNN viewers can look forward to:

A preview of Carney’s CNN coverage of President Obama’s address about ISIS:

Spoiler alert: Jay Carney thinks Obama's speech tonight is awesome. #ThisIsCNN — Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) September 10, 2014

Without a doubt!