mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com — Late on Saturday evening at the Bloomberg-Vanity Fair party after the White House Correspondents' Association annual dinner, Judd Apatow, a Hollywood director-producer who was a long way from home, asked who might be interesting to talk to. There were a lot of folks to pick from, including David Axelrod, President Obama's political strategist; the retired general and former Secretary of State Colin L.