Obama for president? Now it's maybe Senator tells 'Meet the Press' he'll think about presidency after Nov. 7.(News)

From: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL) | Date: October 23, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

Byline: Ashok Selvam and John Patterson Daily Herald Staff Writers

After months of saying he was not interested in jumping into the 2008 presidential pool, Sen. Barack Obama admitted Sunday the waters are tempting and all but dipped his toes in.

"Given the responses that I've been getting over the last several months, I have thought about the possibility," Obama said on NBC's "Meet the Press" Sunday morning.

The 45-year-old Democrat who lives on Chicago's South Side has been in the media spotlight as he goes on a cross-country trek hawking his new book, "The Audacity ...

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