Media who trail President Barack Obama, as he travels around on Air Force One, face multiple time zone disorientation, sagging sleep and deadline disorder, reminds Grumpy Editor.
So they have to be a pretty sturdy bunch.
Look at Wednesday's schedule.
After an overnight stay in Las Vegas, with casino slot machines and table games distractions, foggy-eyed media were up early for a morning campaign rally at a North Las Vegas high school.
There, in a 26-minute speech on education, the president declared, “I’m standing here as president because I had a bunch of great teachers. Teachers matter. They’re on the front lines of our future.”
After media filed his remarks, it was back to Air Force One and across the country and time zones to New York City for a basketball-flavored fundraising dinner.
The “Obama Classic,” as it was labeled, cost $20,000 a person. About 120 people, including basketball stars, attended the event --- hosted by Michael Jordan --- at Alice Tully Hall in Lincoln Center.
"It is very rare that I come to an event where I'm like the fifth or sixth most interesting person," he joked, after an introduction by Jordan.
But the best photo op of the day was shuttered to the press. The president later changed to gym clothes to shoot hoops.
Then it was back to Air Force One.
Comments