When the President of the United States goes on the road, the number of reporters wanting to cover him is so large that a special "pool'' is created to cover the events for the rest of the press corps.Ted Mann of The Day of New London was the designated pooler for a brief visit in Stamford that was made by President Barack Obama and U.S. Sen. Christopher J. Dodd before they both headed off to a fundraiser for Dodd at the Stamford Hilton. Dodd and Obama met with Bruce T. Moore, Sr., the president of the small business in Stamford.
The pool reports rarely get published in full in newspapers and are often read only by reporters. But Capitol Watch is providing the pool reports as filed by Mann from Stamford.
The latest report is as follows:
"At 4:48 the motorcade arrives, and a lightning quick visit from Dodd and POTUS ensues.
POTUS and Dodd get a brief tour of the office from Moore Sr., while cameras snap away from the opposite side of a small window. Out in the garage bay proper, workers turned wrenches until POTUS approached, greeting them and offering a warning to Dodd, who trailed behind.
"Chris, don't hop onto one of these," POTUS advised. "We don't want you to get hurt."