Hey, even President-elect Obama's gotta have his corned beef sandwich
Even with the stock market soaring and all the speculation and leaks swirling about his government-in-formation, President-elect Barack Obama likes his corned beef sandwich with mayor and mustard. And he's not a stuffy old senator anymore.
He could have sent out for it, of course. But, hey, it makes for good video (see below), and a president-elect's gotta be on TV every day doing something.
So Obama stopped off Friday at Manny's Deli and Cafeteria in Chicago. He posed for a photo with Ken Raskin, Manny's son.
Obama got swarmed by fans with cellphone cameras and pens for autographs. A reporter asked the incoming chief executive for his thoughts on the troubled automobile industry.
Obama replied, "I got the corned beef."
In fact, he got three corned beef sandwiches (mustard and mayo), two cherry pies, paid $48.34 -- in cash. And you read it right here on the Ticket.
-- Andrew Malcolm
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Andrew Malcolm's immigrant parents repeatedly stressed the importance of active participation in a democracy. Early lessons included learning the alphabetical list of states by watching televised roll calls of national political conventions. That childhood exposure led to a lifelong fascination with politics, including 40-plus years of covering them and a brief stint practicing them as press secretary to Laura Bush in 1999-2000. A veteran foreign and national correspondent, Malcolm served on the Times Editorial Board and was a Pulitzer finalist in 2004. He is the author of 10 nonfiction books and father of four.
Johanna Neuman is a veteran Washington correspondent for both The Los Angeles Times and USA Today, having covered presidents and politics as far back as Ronald Reagan. A former president of the White House Correspondents Assn., she authored a book on media and foreign policy, “Lights, Camera, Wars.” Most recently she was co-author of the 
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Yeah, because I was up all last night wondering whether or not President-elect Obama likes corned beef.
Posted by: jd | November 21, 2008 at 04:12 PM
too bad Manny's corned beef's not only NOT good, it's insanely expensive. doubly fail.
Posted by: TonyC | November 24, 2008 at 05:04 PM
WOW,Imagine that he's human and he eats too! Poor guy can't take two steps without someone wanting something.....LOl
Posted by: Josie | December 01, 2008 at 09:23 PM