Not like he doesn't have a staff of people preparing briefing papers each and every morning. Here is Barry's schedule for this past week:
Wednesday 14th
10:00 am The President and Vice President receive the Presidential Daily Briefing
1:20 pm The President and First Lady depart the White House en route Joint Base Andrews
1:35 pm The President and First Lady depart Joint Base Andrews
2:30 pm The President and First Lady arrive New York
3:25 pm The President delivers remarks on infrastructure
5:00 pm The President attends a DNC event
7:05 pm The President delivers remarks and answers questions at a DSCC event
Thursday 15th
9:40 am The President and First Lady tour the National September 11 Memorial & Museum Memorial Hall and Museum, New York
10:00 am The President delivers remarks at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum Foundation Hall, New York
11:20 am The President and First Lady depart New York
12:15 pm The President and First Lady arrive Joint Base Andrews
12:30 pm The President and First Lady arrive at the White House
Friday 16th
10:00 am The President receives the Presidential Daily Briefing
2:00 pm The President and Vice President meet with Secretary of the Treasury Lew
3:00 pm The Vice President ceremonially swears in Terrell McSweeny as a Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission
5:15 pm The President meets with families of the plaintiffs of Brown v. Board of Education and the NAACP Legal Defense Fund
Monday 19th
12:30 pm The President and the Vice President meet for lunch with Combatant Commanders
7:30 pm The President delivers remarks and answers questions at a DCCC event
Tuesday 20th
10:45 am The President drops by a meeting with business leaders
5:00 pm The President meets with Secretary of Defense Hagel
Wednesday 21th
10:00 am The President meets with Secretary Shinseki and Rob Nabors
10:45 am The President delivers a statement
11:35 am The President participates in an Ambassador Credentialing Ceremony
12:45 pm Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jay Carney
2:10 pm The President honors the Super Bowl Champion Seattle Seahawks
4:10 pm The President delivers remarks on the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument Designation
The opening of the 9/11 museum is a legitimate trip -- no foul there. The rest of his schedule is way to light for the responsibilities resting on his shoulders. He only had two Presidential Daily Briefings. The rest of his time was spent hanging out with the Seahawks and schmoozing (and fund-raising) with his constituents.
