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dude-in-chief May 4, 2012

Dude Avoids Annoying Work by Checking ESPN.com

By Noreen Malone

Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., center, holds a University of North Dakota autographed hockey stick with Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D. left, Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D. and Rep. Earl Pomeroy D-N.D., right, before he speaks at the North Dakota Democratic Convention in Grand Forks, N.D., Friday, April 4, 2008.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., center, holds a University of North Dakota autographed hockey stick with Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D. left, Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D. and Rep. Earl Pomeroy D-N.D., right, before he speaks at the North Dakota Democratic Convention in Grand Forks, N.D., Friday, April 4, 2008.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon) Photo: Alex Brandon/AP

“[A]ides say he still spends far more time on his iPad checking scores on ESPN than obsessively reading up on Mr. Romney, or digging into the weeds of his own polls or campaign metrics.” —Dude is President Obama.

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