Life inside The Bubble is…boring

I’m in the press center in Parliament’s center block. We’re all waiting around for President Obama’s and PM Harper’s press conference in about 45 minutes. I just chatted with NPR’s White House reporter, Scott Horsely, a super-nice guy (maybe Martha will drop in a photo).

For a job that’s considered the top of the news biz, the White House beat can be pretty darn boring, lots of waiting around for a 10 minute presser. People are thrilled to chat, just to have some way to pass the time.

The real action is outside. I watched as Obama’s “Beast” drove up, and he got out and waived to the (not as big as expected) crowd. People were thrilled, then filed quickly for the exits, having seen what they came for.

I went to a nearby restaurant to grab a bite. In walk a gaggle of 18-year-old young women, squealing with delight to their waiting mothers. “We saw him! We saw him!” A Canadian says that’s what Pierre Trudeau was like – and he was single.

It is amazing to see up close how young people are so engaged in a president.

I’ll have actual “news” after the press conference on All Before Five. Then gotta skate back to the car and head home!