Off To Camp
President Bush is heading to Camp David this holiday weekend. And White House Correspondent Mark Knoller has some interesting context:
Our CBS News tally shows that today marks his 116th visit to the presidential retreat.Knoller has more on this storied presidential compound, and how much time our Presidents spend there. Everybody needs a place to get away from it all. For the leader of the free world, this retreat in the Maryland mountains fits the bill.It also brings his total time there to 365 days. That's one year.
But Mr. Bush complained to me last month about my numbers. He thinks it's unfair to count a partial day as a full one. He only arrived at Camp David today before noon, but it counts as a day in my records.
So let's be fair and say he's been there all – or part – of 365 days.
By comparison – it's not that much. President Jimmy Carter spent 376 days at Camp David during his single four-year term in office.
But his Presidential Library avoids the "number of days" issue by providing the number of hours Mr. Carter spent at Camp David. That count comes to 6,647.5 hours.