Just to keep up with the latest on this front...


"Will Barack Obama go an entire year without holding a formal news conference? He's getting close: The president's last full-scale session with the press was on July 22, 2009, which was 307 days ago.

When Obama last held a big news conference, there had not yet been terrorist attacks at Fort Hood, Detroit, and Times Square. Scott Brown was an unknown Massachusetts state senator. There was no national health care bill, much less national health care law. Tiger Woods appeared to be a model family man.

A lot can happen in 307 days, which is far longer than George W. Bush or Bill Clinton ever went between news conferences.

In its defense, the White House says Obama answers a lot of questions from reporters, just not in the traditional news-conference setting. In fact, the president does a lot of one-on-one interviews, frequently with sympathetic reporters. But even in terms of brief question-and-answer sessions with the White House press corps, he has still done fewer than Bush or Clinton."

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/po...-94783304.html


Now I realize that those of you who routinely forgive and make excuses for this President, this is a non issue. I see this as a HUGE issue since this President more than any other campaigned on, promised, etc the transparency, etc. I will give him this...he said he would be different...I suppose this is the one area where he will keep that promise and ignor the public. We know that in all other areas where he promised that he has lied and is more hard core politics than any other President.

We shall see when he faces the press...does not sound very close !


Of course perhaps my expectations are too high for the press also...

"Obama crimes? The national press sleeps"

"Then why won't the White House say who spoke to Rep. Sestak and what was discussed? Here is why: Offering a federal job in exchange for a political favor is a federal crime"

http://www.unionleader.com/article.a...e-87aebe07bc96

Now I am not accusing anyone of anything but the silence of the WH, maybe call it evading, is suspicious, and if you didnt know it, this is NOT THE FIRST time they have been accused of this kind of thing as pointed out in the article.