President Cancels Campaigning For Sandy

Pete Souza, Official White House Photographer (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

We understand depending on the severity of this storm the president should be monitoring this storm.

Obama Cancels His Appearance At Both Of Today’s Campaign Events Because Of Hurricane Sandy
Brett LoGiurato | 42 minutes ago |

President Barack Obama has now nixed both planned campaign events today, a result of “deteriorating conditions” caused by Hurricane Sandy in Washington, D.C., and beyond.

From the White House:
“Due to deteriorating weather conditions in the Washington area, the President will not attend today’s campaign event in Orlando. The President will return to the White House to monitor the preparations for and early response to Hurricane Sandy.”
This is the first tangible effect of a storm that could have a big effect on election proceedings just eight days before Election Day.

Read more at Business Insider.

We also wonder why four lives lost in Benghazi was an after thought and his election hinges on this storm? Will he postpone the election?

Does it have to be all about politics? We do not want to be cynical but stranger decisions have been made by this administration.

We hope and pray all affected by this storm will be protected.