It's like George H.W. Bush looking at his watch during one of the presidential debates with Bill Clinton.
Where does Obama have to be that is more important than saving the economy?
Exactly. Obama opens up with the statement that the current economic crisis is similar to the Great Depression. Perhaps Obama doesn't know his history very well. We had unemployment rates of 25% and really didn't get out of it [with rates of 15% unemployment up until 1940] until WWII. Anything approaching that now would be catastrophic. This has less to do with multitasking and more to do with setting priorities.