Barack Obama has ignored Washington journalists.

U.S. President Barack Obama did not appear at the annual dinner of ranks by the club of prominent journalists and editors of Gridiron Club for the political and business elite, transmits Associated Press.

It is noted that over the last decade, Obama was the first president who did not come to the Gridiron Club. His predecessors have hurried to appear at the club immediately after the election.

Vice President Joe Biden told members that Obama is busy and getting ready for Easter. Meanwhile, Republican Governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger hinted members that Obama has not come, because they do not want to.