Obama embraces role as consoler in chief to remain above the fray

[WestVirginiaRebel]

The Hill: President Obama will gain one more day of respite from the controversies that have crowded in on his administration Tuesday, as he tours the New Jersey coast to inspect the recovery and rebuilding efforts in the wake of Hurricane Sandy.

The Garden State visit follows a presidential speech Monday to mark Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery and a trip to tornado-stricken Oklahoma on Sunday.

Both weekend occasions permitted Obama to appear above the fray the commander in chief and consoler in chief, respectively rather than as a political figure pinned down in the Washington trenches.

The trip comes as his administration faces tough questions over a trio of controversies: the IRS political targeting scandal, the Justice Departments leak probes and the handling of the Benghazi mission attack.

Tuesdays New Jersey trip will be undertaken in the company of Gov. Chris Christie ®, a visit that will evoke memories of their joint tour of affected communities shortly after Sandy hit. At that point late October last year the presidential election campaign was in its closing days.

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"New Jersey trip will be undertaken in the company of Gov. Chris Christie"

 

 

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