Alabama, Air Force, Fallon, and Warriors consume Obama's weekly schedule

 Somewhere along the way, someone taught President Obama the saying:

All work and no play

makes Jack a dull boy!

Not wanting to be dull, Mr. Obama has taken this to heart and avoids much work.

A week has 7 days each containing 24 hours; and a common laborer must work about 40 hours a week.

By comparison, the President works about half of this. Using his last week's schedule as an indicator of his working effort, we find the President spends:

• 7 hours in meetings
• 3 hours greeting sports teams and other guests
• 5 hours touring and speaking
• 3 hours at campaign events, and
• 2 hours taping television events and a weekly speech.

However, travel is often required, and last week, he was in a plane, helicopter, or limousine around 10 additional hours.

During the week, he met with his senior advisers 3 times, had 3 daily briefings, and met with Mrs. Clinton.

He welcomed 2 sports teams, wounded warriors, and teacher finalists to the White House. Obama visited the Holocaust Museum, and 2 community colleges. In between all this, he managed to sign a Proclamation naming Fort Ord a National Monument, and taped an interview with Jimmy Fallon.

 And, Mr. Obama attended 3 campaign events.  By comparison, VP Biden also attended 3 campaign events, and Michell Obama attended 2.

The following summarizes the public schedule of the President, Mrs. Obama, and Vice President Biden in the week from Wednesday April 18 through Tuesday April 24, 2012.

Today, Tuesday, April 24, 2012

• President Obama honors the 2012 National Teacher of Year finalists at White House. Then, he travels to Chapel Hill NC to speak at UNC about student loans. At the same location, he tapes an interview with "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon". Afterwards, he flies to Boulder Colorado to speaks at the University of Colorado about student loans.
• Michelle Obama traveled to Omaha Nebraska where she delivers a luncheon address to Girls Inc, and then attends fundraising event. Next, she flies to Des Moines Iowa to meet with campaign volunteers.
• Mr. Biden meets with Hillary Clinton and Janet Napolitano.

Monday, April 23, 2012

• Mr Obama toured and spoke at the Holocaust Memorial Museum. Later, he presented the President's Trophy to the Air Force Acadamy football team.

Friday, April 20, 2012

• Mr Obama signed a proclamation and and then welcomed the Wounded Warrior Project's Soldier Ride to the White House.
• Joe Biden attended a campaign event in Santa Barbara CA

Thursday, April 19, 2012

• Barack Obama welcomed the Alabama Crimson Tide to honor there 14th championship. He announced that he was saddened to hear that Dick Clark has died. He ended the day with a campaign at the W Hotel.
• Mr.Biden attended one campaign event in Phoenix Arizona, and a second one in Los Angeles CA.

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

• Obama flew to Ohio and held a roundtable at Lorain County Community College. He later delivered remarks on economy; and then he flew to Michigan where he attended 2 campaign events, 1 at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, and the 2nd at a private residence in Dearborn.
• Biden hosted an event highlighting need to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act (hopefully without any newly added spending attachments).

Cartagena Columbia excursion introduces new U.S. morality behavior

The week of Wednesday April 11 through Tuesday April 17 found the Air Force One planes traveling across the Americas. Here we have VP Biden hitting campaign events in Minneapolis MN, Exeter NH, and Scarsdale NY. Mrs. Obama flew to New York City to appear on The Colbert Report and is now fundraising in Nashville TN and Pittsburgh PA. The President stayed local for 4 days, interviewing on television, and attending only 1 fundraiser.

But, he did enjoy a 3 day junket in Cartagena Columbia attending a CEO Summit (hmm, I thought he was a President, not a CEO). As he had mentioned in one of his meetings, the real purpose of this enjoyable trip was to find a new location for a family vacation. But, all kidding aside, this international exposure highlighted the moral collapse in our government team. First, several Secret Service members were found to be arranging prostitute visits, and then Hillary Clinton was pictured drinking and dancing the night away.

Neither of these should be a surprise to the American public, particularly since the President has authorized free distribution of birth control and condoms.

As for Presidential work, Mr. Obama held two daily briefings, met with Senior Advisers twice, and met with Geithner and Panetta.

The Obama / Biden team together attended 9 campaign events, and today, the President is honoring race car driver Tony Stewart.

Today, Tuesday, April 17, 2012

• The President honors Tony Stewart.
• Michelle Obama delivers remarks at a Democratic National Committee event in Nashville and then flies to Pittsburgh, PA to attend two more DNC campaign events. To cover the travel costs, she is attend a a service member photo-op when she gets off the plane.
• VP Biden is attending a campaign event in DC.

Monday, April 16, 2012

• President Obama had no public events.
• Mrs Obama attended a campaign event at The Jefferson Hotel

Sunday, April 15, 2012

• Mr. Obama participated in a variety of events in Columbia.

Saturday, April 14, 2012

• Obama attended a CEO Summit, a ceremony, and a dinner in Columbia.

Friday, April 13, 2012

• President Obama flew to Tampa Florida to speak. Afterwards, he boarded the plane and flew to Cartagena, Colombia for 3 days.

Thursday, April 12, 2012

• Mr. Obama interviewed with regional TV anchors.
• VP Biden attended a campaign event at noon in Exeter NH, then he flew to Scarsdale NY to attend another campaign event.

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

• President Obama delivered a statement, and later attended a campaign event at The W Hotel.
• Mrs. Obama was a guest on the "Colbert Report" in New York City.
• Joe Biden traveled to Minneapolis, MN and attended a campaign event for Senator Amy Klobuchar.

For fun, we leave you with the President's schedule for the past two days which have been extracted from Politico.

Basketball for Easter, a private movie screening, and a day of fundraising in Florida

During the second week of April 2012, Mr. Obama was the designated fundraiser. He attended 2 separate events in Washington DC, and 3 in Florida.

By comparison, he attended 3 daily briefings, and met with Hillary Clinton, Tim Geithner and Senior Advisers once.

The President's weekly entertainment included a private viewing of "To Kill a Mockingbird", hosting the yearly Easter Egg Roll, and playing basketball with the Harlem Globetrotters.

The international front was covered by both the President and Vice President Biden. Mr. Obama met with the President of Brazil, while Mr. Biden met with the VP of Nigeria, and the Kurdistan Regional President.

The following is a summary of the activities of President Obama, Mrs. Obama, and VP Biden during the week of Wednesday April 4 through Tuesday April 10, 2012.

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

• President Obama spent the day in Florida. He flew to West Palm Beach, FL and attended campaign event private residence in Palm Beach Gardens. Next, he spoke at Florida Atlantic University, before scooting off to 2 more campaign events (one at private residence in Golden Beach and the other at the Westin Diplomat Hotel in Hollywood).
• Vice President Biden met with VP Mohammed Namadi Sambo of Nigeria, the Prime Minister of Kosovo.

Monday, April 9, 2012

• The First Family hosted the annual Easter Egg Roll at the White House, where Mr. Obama gave remarks and played basketball with the Harlem Globetrotters. Afterward, he held a meeting with President Dilma Rousseff of Brazil.

Friday, April 6, 2012

• The President delivered remarks at White House Forum on Women and the Economy. In the evening, he and his family hosted a Seder.

Thursday, April 5, 2012

• President Obama signed the JOBS Act. Later, he sandwiched a private screening of "To Kill a Mockingbird" in between 2 campaign events, one at The Jefferson Hotel and the second at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel
• VP Biden met with Prime Minister Hashim Thaçi of Kosovo

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

• Mr. Obama hosted an Easter Prayer Breakfast before signing the  STOCK Act
• Michelle Obama held a conference call with reporters, then visited Fisher House
• Mr. Biden attended both a working lunch and a meeting with Kurdistan Regional Government President Massoud Barzani

Let's Move! and Get Some Ice Cream, Kids!

Realizing that "Parents and caregivers play a key role in not only making healthy choices for children and teaching children to make healthy choices for themselves", (Let's Move! Eat Healthy), Michelle Obama took the lead and treated her children to ice cream and other treats.

Lynn Sweet's article: Michelle Obama, Malia, Sasha on vacation: Visited Mount Rushmore quotes 'the Rapid City Journal: After visiting Mount Rushmore, "Then they showed a bit of a sweet tooth by stopping at the Turtle Town old-fashioned fudge and ice-cream shop in Keystone, where manager Deb Splinter served them ice cream and other treats." '


Yes, on her way to a San Francisco fundraiser, the First Lady stopped to visit Mount Rushmore before spending the night in Las Vegas. (Nice work if you can get it).

Meanwhile, her jet-lagged husband relaxed most of the week. Although he took some time to bash the Supreme Court and oil companies, he managed to hold 6 U.S. related meetings during the last week. Three were daily briefings, one with senior advisers, Mr. Panetta, and Mrs. Clinton.

Mr. Obama actually spent more time meeting with foreign dignitaries yesterday than he did performing his U.S. Presidential duties.

However, he spent all day last Friday on the campaign trail attending 4 fundraisers. The VP, Mr. Biden, beat Obama this week by attending 5 campaign events on his own. While Mrs. Obama only attended 1 campaign event, her priority was entertaining herself and attending the Kids Choice Awards in Los Angeles.

Below is a summary of the Obama and Biden work efforts during Wednesday March 28, 2012 and today, Tuesday, April 3, 2012.


Today, Tuesday - April 3, 2012

• Mr. Obama delivers remarks & answers questions at Associate Press luncheon. At the end of the afternoon, he and Mr. Biden meet with Mr. Panetta.
• VP Biden speaks at Maury High School in Norfolk, VA. In early afternoon, he tweets on Twitter.

Monday - April 2, 2012

• Remaining in Washington DC, Mr. Obama met with PM Stephen Harper of Canada and President Felipe Calderon of Mexico.
• Mr. Biden hosted an evening reception honoring firefighters and law enforcement officials

Saturday - March 31, 2012

• Mrs. Obama attended the Kids Choice Awards with her 2 children in Los Angeles, CA.

Friday - March 30, 2012

• President Obama flew to Burlington, VT and delivers remarks at two campaign events. Afterwards, he flew o Portland Main and attended 2 more campaign events.
• Michelle Obama headlined a campaign event in San Francisco, CA
• Mr Biden had no public schedule

Thursday - March 29, 2012

• Mr. Obama delivered remarks in the Rose Garden
• The First Lady and her 2 girls visited Mount Rushmore National Memorial in South Dakota; then they went to Las Vegas for the night. Of course, they ate ice cream and other treats.
• Vice President Biden was in Chicago were he first taped Face the Nation. before attending 3 different campaign events.

Wednesday - March 28, 2012

• Mr. Biden began a 3 state fundraising swing, attending two campaign events in Milwaukee WI and Davenport Iowa
• Mrs. Jill Biden traveled to NJ to attend event at Mercer County Community College.

Obama: No time for America when meeting with foreign leaders and attending fundraisers

The Presidential duties of the past two weeks have been primarily focused on meeting with leaders of other countries and fundraising.  Very little time has been dedicated to the American public, leading the country, or working with any members of the Congress or Senate.

Having read the public schedule of the President over the past few months and summarizing it on this blog, we finally realized how little time Mr. Obama spends on U.S. domestic affairs versus meeting with and entertaining foreign leaders and diplomats. For example, whenever the President is abroad, his daily schedule appears to be filled with meetings and attending events.

However, when he is here in this country, his schedule typically accounts for only 2 to 3 hours of his time, unless he is on the campaign trail. In those cases, he will board Air Force One early in the morning and travel to various cities in order to attend campaign events.

For example, during the past few days that Obama has been in Seoul Korea, he has met with at least 6 world leaders and attended various work and ceremonial sessions. Before his trip, he spent 2 days with PM Cameron of the UK and met twice with PM Kenny of Ireland.

But by comparison, during the days he was in the White House, he only met with his senior advisers twice, had two Daily Briefings, and met once with Panetta, Clinton, and Geithner. At no time did he meet members of the Senate or Congress.

However, 12 campaign events were attended. Mr. Obama led the field with 6, VP Biden had 4, and Michelle Obama is credited with two.

Below is a summary of the travel events of President Obama, his wife Michelle, and Mr. and Mrs. Biden during the period of Wednesday March 14 through Tuesday March 27 2012.


Today, Tuesday - March 27, 2012

• Mr. Obama attended a plenary session and met with PM Yousaf Gillani. Afterward, he departed Seoul, Korea to fly back to the United States.
• Michelle Obama participated in the Cherry Blossom Festival Tree planting ceremony; and then she met with spouses of senior enlisted leaders
• VP Biden hosted a breakfast with Hillary Clinton

Monday - March 26, 2012

• Obama held bilateral meetings with President Hu Jintao of China and then President Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan. Later, he participated in a Nuclear Security welcome ceremony, dinner, photos, working  sessions and lunch
• Jill Biden spoke at 2012 National 4H Conference. In the evening, she and her VP husband hosted a reception honoring Women's History Month

Sunday - March 25, 2012

• President Obama held bilateral meetings with PM Erdogan of Turkey, President Lee Myung-bak of Korea, President Medvedev of Russia. He also attended a  news conference, working dinner, and spoke at Hankuk University
• Mrs. Obama welcomed school children for White House Kitchen Garden spring planting

Friday - March 23, 2012

• Mr Obama made a personal announcement. Later, he departed DC and flew to Seoul, Republic of Korea.
• Mr. Biden attended a campaign event in Coconut Creek FL

Thursday - March 22, 2012

• President Obama delivered remarks in Oklahoma City. He then left Cushing OK and flew to Columbus OH where he toured Center for Automotive Research before flying back to DC

Wednesday - March 21, 2012

• Obama left DC and flew to Las Vega, NV. There, he toured Copper Mountain Solar 1 Facility and flew to Roswell NM where he delivered remarks. Afterwards, he flew to Oklahoma City OK
• VP Biden delivered remarks at a service hosted by Bipartisan Policy Center

Tuesday - March 20, 2012

• Mr. Obama and Mr. Biden met with Irish PM Kenny. Next, they all had St. Patricks Day lunch. In the evening, President & Michelle Obama hosted a St Patricks Day reception and VP Biden attended.
• Michelle Obama attended a campaign event at Locanda Verde, New York City

Monday - March 19, 2012

• President Obama spent 1 hour receiving a daily briefing and meeting with senior advisers. In the middle of the afternoon, he met with Hillary Clinton. At dinnertime, he attended a campaign event at the W Hotel.
• Mr Biden attended a campaign event in Morristown NJ for Menendez.
• Michelle Obama held a campaign event at Chelsea Piers, New York City

Saturday - March 17, 2012

• Joe Biden traveled to Pittsburgh PA and attended the parade. After, he went to a campaign event.

Friday - March 16, 2012

• President Obama flew to Chicago IL and attended 2 campaign events. Afterwards, he flew to Atlanta GA and attended 3 more campaign events.
• VP Biden was in Wilmington DE, but no official reason was given.

Thursday - March 15, 2012

• Obama spoke at Prince George's Community College
• Mr. Biden attended a campaign event

Wednesday - March 14, 2012

• Mr. Obama, Michelle, Joe & Jill Biden welcome PM Cameron. Then, the  President held 2 meetings with him and other delegations. He held a press conference the day. In the evening, the 4 first entertainers hosted an evening State Dinner for the Cameron's.
• The Biden's and Hillary Clinton hosted lunch for the PM.

High cost of fuel doesn't stop Obama from jetting to NCAA tournament at taxpayer expense

In this past week, President Obama's public schedule has been very relaxing. He held 4 daily briefings and met with Senior Advisers twice. He made an announcement about China and expressed sympathy for the Afghan civilians.  He toured 2 manufacturing facilities, sat for a series of TV interviews, and told the American public that he couldn't do anything that would affect the high gasoline prices we are forced to pay.

Perhaps the most important duties he performed related to his own personal agenda. Mr. Obama met with representatives of the National League of Cities, a non-profit advocacy group whose purpose is to influence federal policy; and he had lunch with Michael Bloomberg, Mayor of New York. He only attended two fundraisers but treated winners of his democratic fundraising contest to dinner.

Saving the best for last, he now flying off  to Dayton Ohio to watch a first round NCAA Basketball tournament game.

Michelle Obama appeased the Arab and Muslim communities by attending the 2012 International Women of Courage Awards ceremony before taking to the skies and speaking at a New Hampshire Community College and a Boston Fundraiser. Today, she's hosting her own mini-Olympics.

Vice President Biden's schedule has been secretive. They stopped posting his schedule on White House website for the past 2 weeks, so we only know about his steak and truffle dinner last night.

Here is a summary of their major weekly activities for the week of March 7 through March 13, 2012.


Today, Tuesday - March 13, 2012

• President Obama expresses sympathy for Afghan civilians and meets with 2012 Intel Science Talent Search finalists. Then, he takes Air Force One to Dayton OH with Prime Minister Cameron to watch an NCAA Tournament Game.
• Mrs. Obama hosts a mini-Olympics competition

Monday - March 12, 2012

• Mr. Obama was interviewed by several TV anchors and met with leaders representing National League of Cities. Off the public schedule, he ate lunch with Mayor Bloomberg at the White House.
• Vice President Biden attended a fundraiser at John Kerry's Georgetown home, where they ate grass-fed NY strip steaks and white truffle mashed potatoes. (Obviously, this is not the type of diet that Michelle wants everyone the common American public to eat).

Friday - March 9, 2012

• President Obama toured the Rolls-Royce Crosspointe plant in Richmond VA before flying to Houston TX and attended 2 campaign events.
• Mrs. Obama spoke at Penacook Community College in NH regarding Let's Move. Afterwards, she jetted off to a campaign event in Boston MA.

Thursday - March 8, 2012

• Mr. Obama met with the President of Ghana. For dinner, the President and wife Michelle hosted a dinner for the most recent winners of their ongoing re-election campaign contest
• Earlier in the day, Mrs. Obama attended the 2012 International Women of Courage Awards hosted by Hillary Clinton

Wednesday - March 7, 2012

• President Obama left the White House at 10:15AM. He then toured and spoke at a manufacturing plant in Charlotte NC. He returned to the White House 3:15PM. During that time, the President's White House Staff hosted a meeting to organize protests in front of Supreme Court when the Justices begin hearing arguments regarding constitutionality of the Obama health care mandate.

Mr. & Mrs. Obama attend 10 campaign events, but Biden only had 1

Last week's campaign fundraising total was 11 events.  Both the President and Mrs. Obama tied with 5 campaign events each, while VP Biden trailed with only one.

For real USA country business, Mr. Obama attended 4 daily briefings, and met once with his senior advisors, Geithner, Panetta, and Clinton.  He also completed 2 sessions with Mr. Netanyahu.

Interestingly enough, the President attended more campaign events than attending daily briefings.

This is where the traveling trio spent their working hours:

Today, Tuesday - March 6, 2012

• President Obama holds a news conference. In the afternoon, he will attend a campaign event at The Jefferson Hotel in DC. At night, he will participate in a Business Roundtable.
• VP Biden meets with Honduran President in Tegucigalpa, Honduras

Monday - March 5, 2012

• Mr. Obama attended meetings at the White House.
• The campaign travel schedule was delegated to Mrs. Obama where she delivered remarks at 2 campaign events: one at the Peabody Opera House in St Louis, MO; and one at the  American Jazz Museum, Kansas City MO
• Mr. Biden was on a one-day visit to Mexico

Sunday - March 4, 2012

• Mr Obama attended the AIPAC Policy conference

Friday - March 2, 2012

• President Obama visited Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and attended a Conservation event. In between, he called Sandra Fluke and commended her for demanding free contraceptives.
• Michelle Obama attended 3 DNC Committe Events. The first was in Raleigh NC. Next, she attended a  CIAA Women's Basketball Turnament in Charlotte. She completed the fundraising by attending two more events held at the Ballantyne Hotel in Charlotte NC.

Thursday - March 1, 2012

• Mr. Obama flew to Nashua, NH to visit a community college and speak about energy. He then flew to NYC to attend 4 campaign events.
• Joe Biden flew to Iowa. He delivered remarks at Iowa State University, and then rushed off to a campaign event in Ames, Iowa.

Wednesday - February 29, 2012

• This day was all about food. Mr. Obama ate lunch with Congressional Leadership, and  he and his wife Michelle hosted a dinner honoring Armed Forces. The Biden's also attended.