Need to speak my mind

[fredv3b]

Three thoughts. First given security and the entourage, it is plainly cheaper to bring 'average Americans' to Washington than to bring the President to them. Second no President can possibly afford to actually meet Americans who have not been carefully screened to ensure that they will not cause negative, or even merely distracting, media coverage. Third what exactly is it that the 'average American' knows but the President of the United States, with the full resources of the Federal Government, doesn't know? I dare say that the average American knows more about the particular local area he/she happens to live, but as for the rest of the country?