"Where's the food at?"

[believe09]

What if Barack Obama walked into your diner and ordered the house specialty???

So cool...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090110/ap_on_go_pr_wh/obama_chili

 

[MeoW333]

That is really cool of Obama! He seems down to earth

 

[MissieMt]

Totally down to earth, no publicity stunt there....just two high profile guys slipping in quietly to grab a bite to eat.

 

[Seamaid]

Totally down to earth, no publicity stunt there....just two high profile guys slipping in quietly to grab a bite to eat.

If it wasn't a publicity stunt, the media wouldn't have been there.

 

[SuziQ]

If it wasn't a publicity stunt, the media wouldn't have been there.

FWIW, the media follows him everywhere. The media would have been there whether it was a publicity stunt or not.

 

[Dark Knight]

If it wasn't a publicity stunt, the media wouldn't have been there.

He has his own pool of reporters, now, just like the President does. Where he goes, they go. What if there was an assassination attempt? They'd want to be there, obviously.

ETA: When he was just a candiate, he did the exact same thing in a small town near me, and never told the media, which actually made the media quite angry.

 

[Seamaid]

Let me point out, I think EVERYTHING any politician does is for publicity.