Obama found himself defending family vacations during one of his local television interviews yesterday?

"The fact of the matter is, I think if you look at my track record, I'm
raising a family here," Obama told KMOV-TV of St. Louis.

"When we travel, we've got to travel through Secret Service and Air Force
One, that's not my choice," the president added. "I think most folks understand
how hard I work and how hard this administration is working on behalf of the
American people."

Republicans tweeted out what looked a tense exchange between interviewer
Larry Conners and Obama.

Conners asked about the economy and added: "Some of our viewers are
complaining, they get frustrated, even angered, when they see the first family
jetting around, different vacations and so forth.

"Sometimes maybe they think under color of state
business and that you're out of touch, that you don't really know what they're
experiencing right now," Conners added.

Obama denied he was out of touch