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Obama as Pumpkin?

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On Ryan Seacrest's radio show, the candidate jokes he'll dress up as a pumpkin for Halloween, before noting it will be the first year he hasn't taken his daughters trick-or-treating.

Says he wore a mask last year and went unnoticed, but “this year even if I wear a rubber mask, if I've got six Secret Service around me it probably attracts a little bit more” attention.

For more from the interview, including his Election Day plans and thoughts on his ailing grandmother, click here.

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