"I'm Not Telling You"
Pool report about Barack Obama's a.m. activities in Washington, per Perry Bacon of The Washington Post:
No major news. The Senator went to the Russell Senate building in the morning to tape appearances with the three network orning shows. After 9 a.m., the pool headed to a large office building on 12th and Pennsylvania. The candidate and David Axelrod went into a unmarked door on the side of the building on E Street that read "Tenant Entrance Only."
Much of the building houses Covington and Burling, the workplace of Eric Holder, one of the members of Obama's vice-presidential search team, although Obama aides would not say what the meeting was about or if he was meeting with Holder. They spent more than two hours inside. Obama walked out that same side door, holding his briefcase. When a reporter shouted "who were you meeting with" he smiled and replied "I'm not telling you."
He then headed to the Senate for votes. As the motorcade stopped, Axelrod and campaign manager David Plouffe stepped out of cars and didn't head into the Senate with the candidate. They also declined to answer questions about the meetings they had attended.