29 January,2009 09:01 AM IST | | Agencies
Obama approaches a window of the Oval Office, instead of the door, shown to the right |
Bush tries to open a locked door |
Doors didn't open automatically for Obama's predecessor either.
While making a hasty exit from a 2005 press conference in Beijing, former president George W. Bush tugged on the handles of a door, only to find it locked.
Bush laughed off the blunder, but the pictures still live on as part of Bush's lame duck legacy. However, there was little note taken of Obama's rookie mistake.
Obama, who was returning from meeting with Congressional leaders, may have been distracted by Republicans' icy reception to his $825 billion stimulus package, which is poised to pass on Wednesday even without a groundswell of Republican support.