Jay Carney really appreciates your questions but he’ll have to get back to you, or refer you to someone else. Sorry, he just can’t speculate.

Sound familiar? If you’ve ever watched Carney’s daily briefings with reporters, there’s a good chance you’ve heard the press secretary dodge one—if not several—questions. Hey, it’s not his fault; he just hasn’t had a conversation about that with the president yet. But really—how many times have we heard some iteration of Carney’s go-to responses? Yahoo News breaks it down: