Obama Takes a Victory Lap

[babylonsister]

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/beyond/2008/05/obama-takes-a-victory-lap.html

Obama Takes a Victory Lap

By David Nather | May 8, 2008 2:00 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)


It started as a quiet, relatively low-key meeting this morning with undecided superdelegates at a townhouse near Capitol Hill. But when Barack Obama emerged, the House was voting – so he took the entire gang with him and headed to the Capitol to shake hands with lawmakers on the House floor.

It looked an awful lot like a victory lap.




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Then, the cheers began. A group of schoolchildren recognized him and waved. A member of Code Pink, the antiwar protest group, ran up and shouted, “Don’t vote for the supplemental! Use the money to bring the troops home!”

“We’re working on it,” Obama told her, as his secret service agents watched her warily. “That’s why I’m running for president.”

Then he walked up the Capitol steps, plunging into a crowd of cheering tourists, and pushed his way into the House chamber. “I heard there was a lot of action on the House side,” he said as he walked in.

Some of Clinton’s supporters thought Obama’s visit was inappropriate, reports CQ’s Alan K. Ota, and accused him of openly seeking superdelegate votes on the House floor.

Obama, however, insisted that “the goal was just to say hello,” adding that ”I have not been over to the House side.” As a crush of reporters and TV camera crews followed him through the Capitol halls, he stopped to call out to tourists: “I’m surrounded! Where you guys from?”

Finally, he grew a bit tired of the scene. “All right, okay if I just walk?” he asked the reporters. “Thanks, guys.”

[FrenchieCat]

1. That looks like a President taking a walk to me!

:patriot:

[gateley]

2. It sounds like it's right out of a movie -- very cool! nt

[Aloha Spirit]

4. Didn't President Bartlett do something like that on the West Wing?

[gateley]

16. You're asking the only person on the planet who didn't watch West Wing! nt

[LisaM]

3. Aha, the plot thickens! He was just there to say hello!

Well, he is definitely the master of the studied move, I'll give him that.

[Mountainman]

5. I would love to see a similar picture a year from now only instead of Senator Obama it would be

President Obama walking with reporters waving to people.

[babylonsister]

6. I'm convinced you will! nt

[hisownpetard]

8. I cannot wait to vote for President Obama. What a day that will be!

[babylonsister]

9. You and me both!

:D

[CountAllVotes]

7. Obama is looking better & better with every day that passes

I meant to say, Mr. President that is ... :D :D :D

:kick: & recommend!

[trickydix2000]

10. sweet

I'm loving the OBAMA as president look :)

[CountAllVotes]

19. he's going to be Mr. President soon

I can barely wait for Jan. 2009!!!

:party:

:kick:

[tekisui]

11. They will annouce victory on May 20th.

[NC_Nurse]

12. I am so excited about an Obama presidency. I haven't been this excited in a

LONG time about anything to do with politics. I definitely FEEL the hope! :D

[OhioChick]

13. "Then, the cheers began."

Love it! :applause:

[IronLionZion]

15. Awesome

Then he will have their support in passing his initiatives. I like how he went to them instead of waiting for them to come over.

[gateley]

18. I read somewhere that Johnson would

storm into Congress and the Senate a hootin' and a hollerin' and I thought -- that's so cool -- he's PART of the process! It would be nice to see a President get down in the trenches with his fellow elected representatives and work together, rather than just sitting behind the desk with his VETO stamp at the ready.

[K Gardner]

14. K&R. MSNBC reported that Clinton's delegates would nto be photographed

with her and some refused to meet with her. Reported by Mike Viquera/MSNBC.

[babylonsister]

17. That sounds so demoralizing. I 'almost' feel sorry for her. nt