By ANNE SCHROEDER MULLINS,Politico
Presidential Retreat Camp David is Cool
At first,the word was that President Barack Obama would skip next Saturday’s Gridiron Club dinner because he’d be out of town for spring break with his daughters.
But the White House confirmed Friday that the Obamas actually will be at Camp David next Saturday — and in Washington terms,Camp David isn’t really considered out of town,or at least not the sort of out-of-town destination from which a president couldn’t escape if he actually wanted to get back to town.
Friday’s announcement of the president’s travel plans is likely to make the Gridiron snub seem like,well,more of a snub — especially as Obama would be the first president since at least World War II to skip the event in his first year in office.