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Obama Takes a Break in the Virgin Islands

Posted Mar 25, 08 4:11 AM CDT in Politics 

(Newser) – Barack Obama is taking a breather from the grueling campaign trail in the US Virgin Islands, AP reports. The candidate and his family flew Sunday to St. Thomas, where tourists spotted them at a beach resort. Obama has been spending his downtime golfing rather than politicking, although he was greeted by the territory's Democratic governor at the airport.

Officials in the US territory—where Obama swept the Democratic caucuses last month—were tight-lipped about the visit, and a hotel manager escorted a photojournalist off the premises. CNN filmed the candidate on a lounge chair, surrounded by family members, with a cell phone glued to his ear. Obama resumes campaigning in North Carolina tomorrow.

Source Associated Press

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French, American, U.S.Virgin Islands, and the Danish flag fly at the Frenchtown Marina in Frenchtown, St. Thomas, U.S. V.I. in this March 30, 2002 file photo.   (AP Photo/Mike Fuentes, File)
Leona Smith puts a blue ballot into the ballot box at the start of the Democartic Caucus in a high school in Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, Saturday, Feb. 9, 2008.   (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)
Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., walks to board the plane at the airport in Medford, Ore., Saturday, March 22, 2008.   (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., waves as he boards the plane at the airport in Medford, Ore., Saturday, March 22, 2008.   (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., walks to board the plane at the airport in Medford, Ore., Saturday, March 22, 2008.   (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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