President Obama has been known to fire up a crowd. But until yesterday, none of the places where he was speaking actually caught on fire.
This changed just before 5 p.m., when smoke began billowing out of an office just off the Senate chamber, down the hall from the House chamber where Obama was to give his first annual address to Congress. Lawmakers braving the smoky corridor to investigate learned that it was a problem with the fireplace in the minority whip's office.
"What's this all about?" Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid demanded as he passed through the haze.
Reid should have already known: Strange and magical things happen whenever Obama is around.
Of course, a president's appearance before a joint session of Congress is always a big deal; even President Bush, at 30 percent support in the polls, was mobbed by well-wishers when he walked onto the House floor.
But this time it's a new president, a highly popular one, and a former senator to boot. Lawmakers went gaga
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