`` Presidents have to be cognizant of the fact that everything they do is going to be scrutinized , '' said Blakeman , who also is a professor for Georgetown University 's Semester in Washington program . Obama and family at Mount Desert Island , Maine , for the weekend . GOP criticizing Obama for vacationing during environmental disaster . Comment: `` The president is the president wherever he is , '' Paul Begala says .
Obama and family at Mount Desert Island , Maine , for the weekend . GOP criticizing Obama for vacationing during environmental disaster . Comment: `` The president is the president wherever he is , '' Paul Begala says .