Wow. The relationship between the White House and the news media must have clearly chilled for Biden to call this off:
POLITICO – Vice President Joe Biden will not be throwing his annual beach party for journalists this summer, POLITICO has learned.
Since 2010, Vice President Biden and Dr. Jill Biden have invited top journalists to their home at the Naval Observatory for a beach bash that has included Super Soaker fights, face painting, and a moon bounce.
Past guests have included then-White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, CNN’s Wolf Blitzer and Candy Crowley, MSNBC’s Chris Matthews and Rachel Maddow, CBS’s Bob Schieffer, ABC’s Ann Compton, PBS’s Gwen Ifill and New York Times reporter David Sanger, among many others.
The Vice President’s office declined to comment on the record regarding the decision to forego a party this summer. […]