Mr. Lewis declined to delve into too much detail

Mr. Lewis declined to delve louis vuitton outlet into too much detail because he said he did not want to violate the ground rules he agreed to, but he did offer that the president explained to him how the job exacts a heavy emotional toll. The president told Mr. Lewis how one evening after a particularly trying day, he sat down to watch a movie and surprised himself by suddenly tearing up. Lewis said on CNBC Tuesday that he got access to Obama after first emailing White House press secretary Jay Carney, telling him that someone should write an "old school journalist style" profile of Obama. Carney called back, by his account, to say that louis vuitton handbags usa Obama "wants to make it happen." Lewis said that some White House staffers didn't see the upside of his tailing the president, but accepted that Obama "wants it, so there you go." Obama's staff, he said "pretty much treated me as someone tolerated, but I really think Obama himself was kind of amused to have me around to talk to when he had a free moment." When reached Tuesday, Carney declined to comment specifically on Lewis' statements on ground rules, simply telling The Huffington Post that "we negotiate access with louis vuitton artsy mm reporters all the time."