I doubted that Obama would be able to stay away from a microphone for an entire week; but I didn't think it would take less than 48 hours from the time he announced he would be out of the spotlight during his vacation, demanding that the press back off, before he appeared at the presidential seal bedecked podium.
Obama breaks vacation, keeps Bernanke at Fed
President Barack Obama announced Tuesday he wants to keep Ben Bernanke on as Fed chairman, saying he shepherded America through the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression.
"Ben approached a financial system on the verge of collapse with calm and wisdom; with bold action and out-of-the-box thinking that has helped put the brakes on our economic freefall," said Obama, with Bernanke standing by his side. "Almost none of the decisions he or any of us made have been easy."
Obama made the announcement while on vacation on the island of Martha's Vineyard off the coast of Massachusetts after aides said initially that the president intended a news-free week there. Both he and Bernanke sported the open-collar look.
Oh, the "open-collar look."
Is that news?
If Obama breaks his vacation again, other than due to some emergency circumstances or an international crisis, he will look sillier than he does already.
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