Quote of the Day: Barack Obama

Calls reporter "sweetie," ignores her question.

Published May 14, 2008 10:56PM (EDT)

"Hold on, one second, sweetie..."

-- Sen. Barack Obama in Michigan refusing to answer a TV reporter's question, when she asked: "Senator, how are you going to help the American auto worker?" Obama later called the reporter to apologize. YouTube has the clip:


By Katharine Mieszkowski

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