President Obama has spent less time on vacation than his predecessors did

The President has taken flak for vacationing in Martha's Vineyard during world crises, but George W. Bush, Bill Clinton and Ronald Reagan all spent more time away from the White House than Obama has.

President Obama, who has faced sharp criticism this week for vacationing and golfing amid crises around the world, actually has spent less time away from the White House than his immediate predecessors.

As of Friday, Obama had spent all or part of 138 days on vacation.

By the same point in his second term, President George W. Bush had spent 381 partial or complete days at his Crawford, Texas, ranch, and 26 days at the Bush family compound in Kennebunkport, Maine.

During his eight years in office, Bill Clinton spent all or part of 174 days on vacation. Of those, 100 days were summers in Martha’s Vineyard or Jackson Hole, Wyo.

And Ronald Reagan spent all or part of 349 days at his ranch in Santa Barbara, Calif., according to CBS News reporter Mark Knoller’s widely respected record keeping on the presidency.