QUOTE OF THE DAY – AT 11:13 A.M. ET:  FROM AP, VIA BREITBART:

White House officials began their Saturday at 4 a.m. in Hawaii—9 a.m. on the clock in Washington—to prepare with counterparts across the government a briefing for Obama. National Security Council chief of staff Denis McDonough in Hawaii, homeland security and counterterrorism adviser John Brennan and others in Washington spoke with Obama at 6:20 a.m. by secure telephone conference call at the first family's rented vacation home.

The call lasted less than 15 minutes. Obama left immediately afterward for a trip to the gym.

COMMENT:  You know, you'd think appearances would count for something.  On Saturday morning, less than a day after the airliner incident, we weren't sure whether other planes had been targeted.  You'd think the president would have wanted to be photographed at his desk, on the job, not going to the gym.

A little too casual – like a lot of other things in this administration.

December 27, 2009