Obama offers himself up as 'eye candy' on The View
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President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama appear on the ABC Television show The View in New York, on Sept 24, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
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United States President Barack Obama smiles next to Jimmy Fallon at an interview during a televised taping of the Late Night with Jimmy Fallon show at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, on April 24, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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United States President Barack Obama (left) laughs as he speaks to host Jay Leno on the NBC late night comedy show The Tonight Show with Jay Leno in Burbank, California, on March 19, 2009. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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United States President Barack Obama talks with Barbara Walters as he appears on the daytime TV talk show The View in New York City July 28, 2010. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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United States President Barack Obama and first lady, Michelle Obama, appear with Oprah Winfrey during a taping of her television show, The Oprah Winfrey Show, at Harpo Studios in Chicago, on April 27, 2011. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Seated with talk show host David Letterman, United States President Barack Obama makes an appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman at the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York City, on Sept 18, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Seated with talk show host David Letterman, United States President Barack Obama makes an appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman at the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York City, on Sept 18, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Barbara Walters listens as US President Barack Obama speaks during a break in a taping of The View at ABC Studios, on Sept 24, 2012, in New York, New York. Obama is travelling for a two day trip to New York City where he will participate in a taping of The View before attending the United Nations General Assembly and related events -- PHOTO: AFP
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United States President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama take part in a taping of the The View chat show at ABC's studios in New York, on Sept 24, 2012. The show will air on Sept 25. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama appear on the ABC Television show The View in New York, on Sept 24, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
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(Left to right) Whoopi Goldberg, Barbara Walters United States President Barack Obama, US first lady Michelle Obama, Joy Behar, Sherri Shepherd and Elisabeth Hasselbeck during a break in a taping of The View at ABC Studios, on Sept 24, 2012, in New York, New York. Obama is travelling for a two day trip to New York City where he will participate in a taping of The View before attending the United Nations General Assembly and related events. -- PHOTO: AFP
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(Left to right) Whoopi Goldberg, Barbara Walters United States (US) President Barack Obama, US first lady Michelle Obama, Joy Behar, Sherri Shepherd and Elisabeth Hasselbeck pose for a photo during a break in a taping of The View at ABC Studios, on Sept 24, 2012, in New York, New York. Obama is traveling for a two day trip to New York City where he will participate in a taping of The View before attending the United Nations General Assembly and related events. -- PHOTO: AFP
President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama appear on the ABC Television show The View in New York, on Sept 24, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
United States President Barack Obama smiles next to Jimmy Fallon at an interview during a televised taping of the Late Night with Jimmy Fallon show at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, on April 24, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
United States President Barack Obama (left) laughs as he speaks to host Jay Leno on the NBC late night comedy show The Tonight Show with Jay Leno in Burbank, California, on March 19, 2009. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
United States President Barack Obama talks with Barbara Walters as he appears on the daytime TV talk show The View in New York City July 28, 2010. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
United States President Barack Obama and first lady, Michelle Obama, appear with Oprah Winfrey during a taping of her television show, The Oprah Winfrey Show, at Harpo Studios in Chicago, on April 27, 2011. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Seated with talk show host David Letterman, United States President Barack Obama makes an appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman at the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York City, on Sept 18, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Seated with talk show host David Letterman, United States President Barack Obama makes an appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman at the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York City, on Sept 18, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Barbara Walters listens as US President Barack Obama speaks during a break in a taping of The View at ABC Studios, on Sept 24, 2012, in New York, New York. Obama is travelling for a two day trip to New York City where he will participate in a taping of The View before attending the United Nations General Assembly and related events -- PHOTO: AFP
United States President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama take part in a taping of the The View chat show at ABC's studios in New York, on Sept 24, 2012. The show will air on Sept 25. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama appear on the ABC Television show The View in New York, on Sept 24, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
(Left to right) Whoopi Goldberg, Barbara Walters United States President Barack Obama, US first lady Michelle Obama, Joy Behar, Sherri Shepherd and Elisabeth Hasselbeck during a break in a taping of The View at ABC Studios, on Sept 24, 2012, in New York, New York. Obama is travelling for a two day trip to New York City where he will participate in a taping of The View before attending the United Nations General Assembly and related events. -- PHOTO: AFP
(Left to right) Whoopi Goldberg, Barbara Walters United States (US) President Barack Obama, US first lady Michelle Obama, Joy Behar, Sherri Shepherd and Elisabeth Hasselbeck pose for a photo during a break in a taping of The View at ABC Studios, on Sept 24, 2012, in New York, New York. Obama is traveling for a two day trip to New York City where he will participate in a taping of The View before attending the United Nations General Assembly and related events. -- PHOTO: AFP
NEW YORK (REUTERS) - President Barack Obama on Monday sought to woo women voters at a taping of the daytime talk show The View, by flirting with his wife and bearing gifts for the hosts, but he could not escape tough questions on the economy that have dominated the election.
When host and veteran journalist Barbara Walters kidded Michelle Obama about bringing the president as her "date," Mr Obama quipped, "I've been told I'm just eye candy here."
The appearance, which will air on Tuesday on the ABC television network, marks the first time the Obamas have appeared together on the one-hour show, which features four female hosts, including Hollywood icon Whoopi Goldberg, and is popular with middle-income women voters.
The taping in New York was squeezed in before Mr Obama's obligations at the United Nations General Assembly's annual meeting, where he is delivering a Tuesday morning speech.
