Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Reporters accuse Obama of staging ‘photo-ops’ and ‘killing time’ ahead of fiscal cliff

“Why not stay in town and just hammer it out and get a deal done,” said Fox News’ James Rosen. “Why is everyone jumping on their airplane for photo-ops outside of the Beltway?” - Charlie Spiering/Washington Examiner @charlesspiering

President Obama is scheduled to fly to Pennsylvania on Friday to speak about the expiring tax cuts and reports have surfaced that Speaker John Boehner and Republicans are planning public events with small business owners.

Carney suggested that he found those comments “disparaging” as Obama’s event was intended to “continue the conversation with the American people.”

“Isn’t everybody just killing time?” asked Chuck Todd disparagingly.

“No!” Carney exclaimed....