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So BO and MO are too good to stand in line to meet and greet. Hum... I also find the below from the Politico article even more interesting:

..."For months, White House staffers have been inundated with calls from reporters asking directly and indirectly if they had scored an invite. And when some reporters found out that they weren’t invited, they called the White House to ask more pointedly if they could be included.
“I’ve been hearing from a lot of our members who haven’t been invited. They’re very upset and confused because they feel they put the time in covering this job, and the Christmas party was something they looked forward to,” said Julie Mason, a White House reporter for the Washington Examiner and a member of the White House Correspondents Association Board.
...It’s unclear how the White House decided who would ultimately get invited to the media party, but some reporters who have received invites under former presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton told POLITICO they didn’t understand how they could be scratched off the list.
“Did they not invite many regional reporters? That seems to go against their strategy,” surmised one reporter for a national news organization, who had been invited to Bush White House holiday parties but was not invited to the Obama holiday party. “Or did they only invite regional [reporters] in the states they need.”
Under the Bush administration, invites went out before Thanksgiving, reporters said. “I’m wondering if they just don’t have their act together on the social stuff,” one print reporter said...
“This year’s process seems so screwed up. It’s one big horrible mess,” said one veteran White House reporter. “The White House knows who covers the beat and they also know who should be attending. A lot of people have their feelings hurt.”

This WH has a lot to learn. Don't bite the hand that feeds you...

It’s unclear how the White House decided who would ultimately get invited to the media party, but some reporters who have received invites under former presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton told POLITICO they didn’t understand how they could be scratched off the list.

Because the former President and First Lady weren't condescending, narcissistic a-holes?

Because the Clinton's had enough political savvy to know you don't mistreat your tools?

Because once a useful idiot is used up, all that's left is the idiot?

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How many reasons does it take to get to the center of a media-bots brain, anyway? ;-)