President Obama took a break from debate practice Sunday by visiting a campaign office in Virginia, and even making a few voter calls.
“Hi, Griselda? This is Barack Obama,” the president said during one call at the phone bank in Williamsburg. “I wanted to call and say thank you.”
Obama — who spent the weekend in debate preparation at a nearby resort — continued: “I understand you’re gonna be installed as a pastor at Trinity Baptist Church. … You tell everybody at church I said ‘hi.’ … And make sure they keep me in their prayers and keep Michelle and the girls in their prayers.”
As reporters were escorted from the room, the president made a second call: “Is this Ellen? Ellen, this is Barack Obama … It is! Really truly!”
While exiting, one reporter asked Obama: “How is debate prep going?”
Obama: “It is going great!”
Earlier, the president entered the campaign office bearing gifts — four boxes of pizzas.
“Hello, everybody, hello!” Obama said. “I brought some food.”
(USA Today)
