by Philip Waters
by Shell Davis
Post Washington Reporter
Senator Barack Obama pondered seriously before making a decisive choice.
"I'll have the New York strip steak," he said. "medium rare."
The Democratic presidential candidate has been trying to relax more.
"I've been thinking of taking up Yoga," said Obama when asked of his plans before the election. "After hours on the plane or bus I just need to stretch out."
When asked if he had thought about his transition team, he laughed at the notion.
"We did that back in September. Last week I picked out my cabinet. They're already working on the details of the treaties I've negotiated."
Obama said he's been reading a lot lately and playing PS3 with his daughters.
"Oh, and I've been drinking more lately," said Obama.
He confessed that his flights between Ohio, Florida and other battleground states aren't about campaigning so much as a tour of alcohol.
"My volunteers point me toward their best local bars," Obama said. "We've been having a great time."
Vice-presidential candidate Joe Biden is said to be locked in a sound-proof room with a bottle of Jones Scotch until Tuesday night.
"I don't know why you people aren't getting this," said a shakey Nancy Pfotenhauer on CNN's Larry King Live.
"Obama hung out with Bill Ayers, so he's practically a terrorist himself," she continued. "He's a socialist. And that's almost a communist. And sort of like a Nazi."
Larry King and the rest of his panel shot questioning looks at one another but said nothing.
"What? Can't you see he's a black commie Muslim Nazi terrorist!"
At the beginning of the week, McCain campaign surogates insisted his chances were that of getting an "inside straight" in a poker hand.
By midweek, they had altered the talking point to "as getting a royal flush."
Friday it was "five of a kind," which campaign manager Rick Davis said "could happen," before hinting that Palin was a "retarded diva" who would "drag them down with her."
Davis is no longer taking any calls.
Palin "went rogue" and said these neo-cons would "learn a thing or two" when she and Todd ran the party in 2012.
