Tipsheet

A President's Priorities . . .

Carol Platt Liebau | June 12, 2010 12:56 PM

Perhaps the rarest commodity in The White House is the President's time. So how a President chooses to spend his time is the indisputable give-away about what his priorities are.

What should Americans conclude from the fact that Obama skipped the memorial for the 11 workers killed in the BP explosion in order to headline a fundraiser for Barbara Boxer?