Please, Robert, tell us the “lofty” historic significance of the Kingsmill Resort in Williamsburg. Is this where the Founding Father went to play golf? To get a spa treatment? Because although the president is technically going to the city of Williamsburg, he’s going for a partisan, off-site meeting at a luxury resort that has nothing to do with any broader message. It’s also the same type of taxpayer -funded excess Democrats have been screaming about all week:
Q Let me ask about the trip tomorrow, if I may, to Williamsburg. Presidents often say something at their first out-of-town presidential trip. President Clinton went to Detroit and did a town meeting. President Bush went to a military base. What is President Obama telling us about his priorities tomorrow?
MR. GIBBS: Well, Williamsburg has a lofty place in our country’s history. I think what he is saying to, whether it’s this trip to Williamsburg, or whether it’s a trip to Capitol Hill to meet with Democrats or Republicans, that he’s willing to go anywhere and talk to anybody in order to get a financial — to get a recovery and reinvestment plan that moves this economy forward. That’s his main priority right now.
I don’t know that there’s any great symbolism in this one, in particular, except that he’s working tirelessly each and every day to get a consensus between the parties and to get something that will put the American people back to work, will meet the size and the scope and the challenges that we face, and live up to those expectations.