Obama says he's "sufficiently boring"

By Paddy


Personally, I want a normal, albeit "boring" president for a while, hopefully 8 years. No scandals, of either kind please.

What's it like to have round-the-clock press coverage?

Barack Obama says it's taking a little getting used to, but that he takes comfort in the fact that, after hours, there's just not that much to see.

For many months, of course, the Democratic presidential candidate could hardly sneeze in public or frolic on the beach without somebody broadcasting or writing about it.

Then everything got ratcheted up yet another notch recently when reporters began round-the-clock watch of the presumptive nominee, meaning it's not just the nosy neighbors who know whether Obama wears a bike helmet or what Michelle Obama wears to dinner.

"I will need adjustments," Obama said Saturday, as he tries to get used to "not being able to go take a walk somewhere without having a big fuss."

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"We are trying to do the same things that I have done in the past," Obama said, though it means "having reporters present when I am going with Michelle on a date or take the kids on a bike ride."

"Fortunately," he said, "Michelle's and my life have been sufficiently boring that most of the things we do are not particularly press-worthy anyways."