Massage is Now Delicate Matter in Politics

THE DEEP END…TIPS FROM THE POOL

With former V.P. Al Gore’s Portland masseuse something of the not so distant past, President Obama wasn’t going to fool around with the topic this afternoon when a masseuse got in a question.

As Roll Call‘s White House correspondent Jennifer Bendery wrote in one of several descriptive afternoon Pool Reports, this one from Fairfax, Va.:

In one awkward moment, Obama joked that he had a “crick in my neck” when an attendee introduced herself as a massage therapist.

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