Not a good idea

"White House spokesman Robert Gibbs is declining to say what it cost for President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, to eat dinner and take in a play in New York over the weekend."

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/story/1076399.html

Flying at taxpayer expense to New York for a night on the town is never a good idea.

Flying at taxpayer expense to New York for a night on the town the weekend before you force GM into bankruptcy and destroy the lives of thousands is a particularly bad idea.