With a broad smile, President-elect Barack Obama apologized to me Tuesday for assigning me a seat in the Cubs section of a Monday news conference.
The exchange, from Tuesday's press conference:
President-elect Obama: I'm going to call on Steve Thomma. Where's Steve? And the reason I'm going to call on Steve, I understand that, as a lifelong White Sox fan, you were placed in the Cubs section yesterday, and I want to apologize for that. This is also part of the new way of doing business. When we make mistakes, we admit them.
Thomma: Well, thank you, sir. That's the change we need ...
President-elect Obama: That's the ...(laughs)
Thomma: ... on behalf of White Sox fans. (laughing)
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