This story from CNN's Political Ticker is hilarious:
He may be running for the most powerful job in the world, but Sen. Barack Obama still has to flash his gym ID like the rest of us.Wanting to get a quick treadmill session in before his first public event with Sen. Hillary Clinton Friday morning, the Illinois senator headed to the newly-opened Washington Sports Club in the Columbia Heights neighborhood.
But the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee did not get far when he and his entourage of Secret Service agents tried to walk past the front desk without stopping ...
"It's always a rush in the morning, everyone's trying to come in quickly," (the gym's manager) said. "(The front desk employee) asked him for his last name and he said 'Obama,' then she asked him for his first name."
"It was very funny, she then realized who he was and said, 'Oh I am so sorry!" he added.
He might have the Democratic presidential nomination all but in the bag, but it seems that Obama might still need to work on that name ID a little bit.
Either that, or some headhunters from Homeland Security need to be getting that employee's number.
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