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Is Obama Avoiding the White House Press Corps?

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    FBN’s Lou Dobbs on the President’s lack of news conferences.

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President to do.

Speak any language -- not me I'm telling you right now I wanna be Superman and no Kryptonite.

And I speak from.

After the president's -- cancer through not so hard hitting question from a New Mexico radio station.

The president went on in that discussion talk about his -- music.

Popular pop songs and whether he peppers red or green Chile's.

-- the president has also made time this week for reporters from People Magazine.

And Entertainment Tonight -- those are terrific magazines but not what we call hard hitting.

And he didn't have time for the white house press for again and the press -- getting a little kept the little -- a little frustrate.

Why because they asked questions for orbit.

And the president -- -- had to answer a serious question from them on American soil since the eighth of June.

More than two months ago.

Eight abused.

Eight.

Of -- I think about that.

It's a long time.

Ago.

It's scary but top humor when the president said that.

But he's not up and up to meet with a bunch that journalists.

In his house.

And the president's last formal White House news conference was back on March 6.

-- -- -- -- I mean.

Leader of the free world.

-- bond.

A lot of important things that happened over that time.

Since that -- -- the the RNC has a new blog post pointing out.

What has happened and would like to share with you some of their thoughts and some of her own for example since that last.

That last formal has got a couple things that happen one.

Obama.

Care.

Has been -- long.

By the Supreme Court.

My goodness how could we forget exactly -- -- -- We've got these fancy racers and who's on whose finger is.

You've been -- -- my wife talks to me about that sort of the story executive privilege.

If -- -- is still in he's still have even invoked it to protect attorney general Eric Holder.

In the -- furious scandal and that reminds us Eric Holder.

Eric Holder we're gonna just -- it this way.

-- -- AG.

There he had been held in contempt of congress at that point -- there.

Unemployment.

Back in March on were those were good old days -- -- -- put this we'll put this right here a whole separate war.

Unemployment was still what eight point 2% eight point 2%.

Having risen to eight point three.

And by the way at that point.

There'd only been 38 months of unemployment above 8% now.

Forty -- months.

Of employment unemployment above.

8%.

Back then no one cared that have been only two months since the president had met.

With the jobs council.

Jeffrey Immelt Pall over fine folks now.

Now it has been.

Seven months and there -- I think -- put that down here seven.

Seven months.

And jobs -- -- big deal in this economy would you say well outside of Washington DC.

And six fundraisers.

Bond -- hundred.

Of them.

A hundred of them Mr.

President.

You've now double that I mean that's that's pretty impressive.

In that short time.

We've now reached a new miles 200.

Fundraisers.

As the -- does point out president may be a little more comfortable.

With pop culture references these days so here's one back in March.

From the semi literate group.

Back in March tomcat.

Was still together.

I've got kids right now are things that he actually knows -- And -- -- because you're gonna be really impressed with this pop culture reference case do -- our -- -- blown --