Obama followers could declare= A flirty fan used a chance meeting with Barack Obama in a New York restaurant as an opportunity to tell the president just how attractive she thinks he is.

Luann Haley is said to have told Mr Obama: “You’re a hottie with a smoking little body.”

And while the president hugged the diner in front of the watching television crew and cameras, he politely declined the offer of a romantic engagement, telling her his wife Michelle would be watching.

Perhaps a more effective and reserved way to profess a fondness for the White House’s top man would be to invest in a political T-shirt bearing his name and slogans.

Ms Haley’s encounter with Mr Obama took place at Duff’s Famous Wings in New York state over lunch.

The ex-Illinois senator and Democrat party candidate fought off competition from Hillary Clinton and John McCain in 2008 to become the US’s first black president. ADNFCR-2904-ID-19779124-ADNFCR