Hmm Obama stays off tv for a couple of days and his numbers go up, he returns to public view and back down they go.
Maybe people are starting to find out about the costs of 10 days in Hawaii on a palatial estate.
I don't think most people would begrudge him time off during the holidays....but I think his choice of "holiday getaway" is difficult to handle when many, if not most, people...down-scaled their holiday plans this year.
Runnin' Buddy and I went for drinks the other night with a GM of a restaurant on The Strip (campus) that we have known for years. He said they had 4 huge company banquets that had scheduled for the whole downstairs restaurant (there's a more casual one on street level) during December and the 3 largest ones cancelled and the one that was held downscaled from a dinner to hors d'ouvres.
Companies, friends, families....just about everyone I know scaled way back this year. On gifts, entertainment, trips...everything.
Obama has been preaching...in the case of some companies - demanding... cutting back to everyone ....but if anything...he has become even more extravagant in his own lifestyle - surpassing most presidents of recent times.
And it's the American public that is paying for it!!
Another 5 days in Paradise may translate into another 5-10 points of disapproval....