Reporter: "What Are You Going to Do About the Auto Industry?" Obama: "I Has Got the Corned Beef"

He is the one we've been waiting for...

President-elect Barack Obama grabbed his lunch to go Friday and artfully dodged a question about the auto industry woes he'll inherit.

"We got the corned beef," Obama said as he made his way around the counter at Manny's deli. Asked by a reporter what he thought about the auto industry, he responded with a smile: "I got the corned beef."

Only the AP would characterize Obama's corn beef response as "artfully dodging" the question.