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The President’s Permanent Campaign

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FBN’s Gerri Willis on Obama’s very long re-election campaign and its impact on taxpayers.
Duration 1:18
Date Apr 30, 2012

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And then they still let you buy drugs without a prescription imagine that and good news for mutual fund investors hello everybody -- Gerri Willis.

Her not campaigning permit campaigning that's what the president is doing any do you think it's always been this way thank again.

Today marks 393.

Days since President Obama announced his reelection campaign.

And in that time he's held a 126.

Fundraisers.

That's if you do the math one fund raiser every three days.

That's more than Bill Clinton and George W.

Bush bush actually it's nearly twice the number of fundraisers of those two presidents held the buying.

Obama also -- -- -- most recent predecessors in the oval office on the number of visits he's made to swing states.

Last week alone as we reported he was in Iowa North Carolina and Colorado.

And I wouldn't be complaining about all of this campaigning.

Except for the fact that I don't want to finance it with my taxpayer dollars.

That's what campaign funds -- for.

But these days there is no daylight between the president's official actions and his campaign actions.

When the White House set out to defend itself on spending two weeks ago it said David Axelrod.

The head of the reelection campaign to Sunday talk shows not the White House spokesman.

This is no way to run an administration.

Not even won reelection mode.