Obama Meets With His Cabinet For The First Time Since January

This afternoon, for the first time since January 31 of this year, President Obama met with his Cabinet.

Today, President Obama convened a meeting of his Cabinet to discuss the ideas he laid out in the State of the Union. Joining the meeting was a new member of that Cabinet -- Karen Mills, the head of the Small Business Administration.

Discussing the State of the Union? Now?

Wait, wasn't Obama's last Jobs Council meeting around the same time in January? What in the hell has this guy been doing?

From MittRomney.com:

President Obama Hasn’t Made Time For His Jobs Council For 191 Days – But He’s Made Time For Many Other Activities:

President Obama Held His Last Jobs Council Meeting 191 Days Ago. (President Barack Obama, Remarks, Washington, DC, 1/17/12)

White House Press Secretary Jay Carney, On President Obama’s Missing Jobs Council: “There’s No Specific Reason, Except The President Has Obviously Got A Lot On His Plate.” “‘There’s no specific reason, except the president has obviously got a lot on his plate, but he continues to solicit and receive advice from numerous folks outside the administration about the economy about ideas that he can act on with Congress or administratively to help the economy grow and help create jobs,’ Carney said in the White House’s first on-the-record response to a POLITICO story noting the hiatus.” (Josh Gerstein, “White House: Obama’s Plate Too Full For Jobs Council,” Politico, 7/18/12)

President Obama Has Attended 117 Campaign Fundraisers Since His Last Jobs Council Meeting. (National Journal’s “Daybook,” 7/26/12)

President Obama Has Played 10 Rounds Of Golf Since His Last Jobs Council Meeting. (PolitiFact.com, 7/19/12)

Oh, right. Golf and fundraising.

posted by JohnE. at 07:09 PM

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