take that back. I guess he did meet with them. "A few members on the panel have declined to endorse President Obama and, in return, President Obama has declined to endorse their recommendations." " Some of the panel members have at some point been involved in outsourcing [you know, the thing Team Obama claims is literally the worst thing in the world]."
He probably went skeet shooting with them and they scared the sh*t out of him and he's afraid to meet with them again.