EXCLUSIVE

OBAMA'S
BODY MAN

WHY PRESIDENT OBAMA NEEDS
LOVE IN THE WHITE HOUSE

OBAMA'S MAN REGGIE LOVE

Reggie Love says he's

"out of here" when

Barack Obama is elected

President tomorrow

DON'T bet on it

Reggie Love Basketball  stands out at Duke who wanted to play in the NBA has found a more  exciting if far less well paying job as Barack Obama's so called Body  Man. The two have been inseparable on and off the Basketball Court the  last two years since Obama announced for President of the United States.

There is no precise  definition for Body Man except it has its only serious meaning when  applied to major Presidential candidates or better yet the President.  On a mundane level a Body Man is nothing more than a personal assistant  and as such the term could apply to anyone working for any executive  who serves that function.

In reality it is a  coveted term normally only referred to in the rarefied atmosphere of  Presidential politics. Even there the term is not precise. Some Body  Men ( or in the case of Hillary Clinton or Sarah Palin Body Women ) are  "nothing more" than an individual who makes sure the candidate or  President gets up on time, has their coffee the way they like it and  picks out there clothes for the day.

That would not  adequately describe Reggie Love's role. While he does the mundane stuff  Love plays a far more powerful role for Obama. Professional verging on  personal friend with Obama clearly his boss might be a better  definition. Love is certainly someone who Obama enjoys and spends  plenty of time with in the confines of his private section on the big  campaign plane.  And every morning they work out together.

Then there is Basketball

Team Obama call it

It seems very very soon  to be President-elect Obama LOVES to play Basketball. Even more he  loves to play Basketball with Reggie Love. Love is generally recognized  as far and away the best player on Team Obama. Over the last two years  Team Obama has played here and there when schedules allowed against  staffs from other campaigns or pick up games in various cities. Obama  needs his Basketball as his RELEASE in the midst of the high powered,  grueling demanding Campaign. But here's ....

THE REAL NEWS

In a little noted answer  to an interviewer's recent question Obama when asked what is the  biggest change he will make in The White House (unfortunately he will  not paint it Black) ANSWER ... " I want to install a Basketball Court."

That's right for the  first time in American history the "official" Presidential Sport will  be BASKETBALL. Nixon had his bowling alley. Others their swimming pool.  Some run. Others have their bicycle like the current Idiot about to  vacate.

For others politics was  their only Sport.

But now Basketball will  reign in The White House. So here is the Point. Obama is not going to  install a Basketball Court to sit there idle. Nor is he going to spend  evenings playing with himself. BASKETBALL is about to become a serious  tool of POWER. Basketball is going to be played at a level the NBA can  only dream of.

Team Obama is going to  play Congressional teams on The White House Basketball Court. They will  play "friendly" games with teams of Administration insiders. There will  be games against Governors and their staffs from around the country. 

They may well play  staffs of foreign leaders there. Likewise groups of  well known athletes. The invitation to play Basketball with President  Obama will become the most sought after HONOR in the nation. Forget  about the Congressional Medal of Honor.

Imagine playing  Basketball with the President of the United States. Guarding the  President. Blocking shots by the President. FOULING the President of  the United States. Most of all trying to BEAT the President and Team  Obama. Or maybe not ?

SO HERE IS THE STORY

Team Obama led by  President Obama cannot afford to LOSE many games or that record as a  LOSER on the Basketball Court will begin to effect his reputation off  the Court in the DC Halls of Power, and around the nation and the  world. THIS IS VERY SERIOUS BUSINESS. Which brings us to the latest Box  Exclusive.

Contrary to what Reggie  Love is saying about leaving at the end of the campaign and going to  law school. That is a load of Presidential BS. Reggie Love will become  the President's Official Body Man but in reality far far more the STAR  of Team Obama in The White House insuring Team Obama WINNING seasons  the next 4 years.

So there you have yet  another

of the never ending flow  of

stories in the Box you  will

find NO where else so  when

you read it much later  later

in The Times or Journal  or

see it on CNBC remember

you read it FIRST here

Team Obama and

Reggie Love

AND BACK AT DUKE