Last year when President Obama came to Newport Beach’s Balboa Bay Club to raise money for his campaign, I knew the Daily Pilot should cover it. But it was on a Sunday and on one was too eager to come in on their day off. So as the Pilot’s city editor at the time I decided to cover it myself. I didn’t need much motivation. I was obsessed with the presidential election going back to the summer of 2007.

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