Follow BeltwayBlips on TwitterFortune.com: Barack Obama, car guy
Published 12/31/2008 by rsinderbrand at CNN Political Ticker
A Chrysler 300C, like the one Obama drove before his campaign.
NEW YORK (Fortune) – One of the least explored personal sides to our new president is the amount of gasoline in his veins. We know all about his affection for the basketball court and his tendency every now and then to sneak out for a [...]
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