Don't Call Us

Now is not the time for a photo-op:

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg told residents at a Tuesday night briefing that he asked President Obama not to visit the storm-stricken city to view the devastation caused by Sandy.

"We'd love to have him, but we've got lots of things to do," Bloomberg said, adding that the president's planned trip to New Jersey Wednesday is "fine."

"It represents the whole region," he said. "People understand the storm and he doesn't have to...he's got a lot of things to do."

The mayor said he was "flattered" that Obama offered to visit, but "the thing for him to do is to go to New Jersey and represent the country."

Maybe he could do a flyover, because that worked so well in the past...