19. Has a difficult time faking interest in issues that energize the party base and is prone at times to admit as much?

Wednesday, December 2

• • 12:00 pm
  • Michelle Obama holds event to thank volunteers who helped ready the White House for Christmas
• • 12:35 pm
  • President Obama and Vice President Biden have lunch in the Private Dining Room
• • 1:00 pm
  • Robert Gibbs delivers the daily press briefing from the White House
  • Vice President Biden presents three U.S. organizations with the 2008 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, honoring organizational performance excellence and innovation
• • 1:45 pm
  • President Obama receives the economic daily briefing in the Oval Office
• • 2:45 pm
  • President Obama meets with senior advisors in the Oval Office
• • 3:00 pm
  • Vice President Biden meet with Senator Richard Lugar at the White House
• • 3:25 pm
  • President Obama meets with Senator Bayh in the Oval Office
• • 4:10 pm
  • President Obama meets with Senator Graham in the Oval Office
• • 7:30 pm
  • Ed Gillespie gives speech on "Rebuilding the Republican Party" at the University of Delaware