Obama gets big squeeze at Big Apple Pizza

Ft. Pierce, Fla. (Reuters)–U.S. President Barack Obama got a campaign lift when a pizza parlor owner gave him a bear hug.

Obama stopped by the  Big Apple Pizza & Pasta Restaurant and was greeted by owner Scott Van Duzer.

Van Duzer said he received notice that the president was stopping by about forty minutes before the president’s arrival. Obama has spent the weekend in Florida on the campaign trail.