President Obama did something unusual yesterday: He took a walk. “It’s good to be out,” he said as he strolled across the Ellipse, suit jacket tossed over his shoulder. “The bear is loose.” We have no idea why Obama referred to himself as “the bear.” But loose he was, shaking hands with passersby, wishing one man a happy birthday, giving two little girls each a box of presidential M&M’s, listening to some guy yell “America! Freedom! Woooo!” and apologizing to runners. “Sorry to mess up your run,” Obama said, then basically telling them to get back to working out. […]
Click here to view original article President Obama took a stroll. In public. And talked to people.