Grammar police on patrol

Looks like the grammar police are no happier with our current president (see: "a very personal decision for Michelle and I") than they were with the previous president (see: "nu-cu-lar"). The New York Times has a story on the grammatical anticipation for the State of the Union, headlined The I’s Have It.

Since his election, the president has been roundly criticized by bloggers for using “I” instead of “me” in phrases like “a very personal decision for Michelle and I” or “the main disagreement with John and I” or “graciously invited Michelle and I.”

The rule here, according to conventional wisdom, is that we use “I” as a subject and “me” as an object, whether the pronoun appears by itself or in a twosome. Thus every “I” in those quotes ought to be a “me.”