Reggie Love is 26 years old and played football and basketball at Duke University, graduating with degrees in political science and public policy. He stands 6-foot-5, is about three inches taller than Obama and fitter too. He can bench press more than 350 pounds. He tried out for the Green Bay Packers and the Dallas Cowboys before applying for a capitol hill internship with Senator Barack Obama.

Love anticipates Obama’s every need and is ready when the candidate calls for a Tide pen to remove a stain, a protein bar, Advil, Purell, Nicorette gum, water, tea, throat lozenges, a Sharpie or stationary. He is the keeper of Obama’s iPhone, BlackBerry and Canon digital camera and has taken 10,000 photos on the campaign trail.

Reggie enjoys joking with the Secret Service and is quick to high-five members of the media. According to the candidate, they don’t watch CNN, MSNBC or any of the other talking heads or any politics. After an exhausting day in the trenches they watch SportsCenter.

A superstition has the candidate and his body man engaging in a pickup game of basketball on the day of each primary contest. Perhaps it is a stress reliever on those days when the stakes are high and the nerves need calming.

Five months remain until the presidential election. If Obama end up in the Oval Office, count on Reggie Love to be along for the ride. The future looks bright for the 26 year old, very bright indeed.

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Source: By Bitten and Bound http://bittenandbound.com/