Mr. Obama often uses his iPad to keep up with the scores of his favorite teams, and the television in the Treaty Room is often tuned to ESPN at night, when Mr. Obama is working through his briefing papers for the next morning. Mr. Markman mimicked the exasperated “we can’t believe this guy just did that” inflection that is a regular feature of the segment. “C’mon, man!” Mr. Biden said to the audience. “I need you to call up Cousin Pookie and say, ‘Pookie, it’s time to vote,’” Mr. Obama said at a rally in Las Vegas last month. “Oh, c’mon, man!” the president said, eliciting a chuckle from the assembled reporters.

Source: New York Times November 04, 2016 00:07 UTC