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CALIFORNIA
Bush to visit Southern California -- governor plans to be elsewhere
- Carla Marinucci, Chronicle Political Writer
Saturday, October 15, 2005


Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, concerned that the decline in President Bush's popularity will pull down his special election measures, is not expected to appear with the president when he visits California next week.

Bush is scheduled to attend a fundraiser in Los Angeles for the Republican National Committee on Thursday and help cut the ribbon Friday at the opening of the new Air Force One exhibit at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley.

Although the governor's staff will not confirm his schedule this far in advance, sources said Schwarzenegger is not planning to attend either event. He is tentatively scheduled to campaign next week, possibly in the Central Valley, on the days of the visit.

Neither the governor nor the president is popular with a majority of voters in California. But with the Nov. 8 special election barely three weeks away, the Republican governor needs the support of Democrats and independents -- as well as his party's voters -- to pass his self-styled reform agenda.

Some Republicans said that from a practical viewpoint, it makes sense for the Republican governor of a Democratic-leaning state to keep some miles between himself and the president.

"The reality is that the knee-jerk reaction by the governor's opponents to take him down is to call (Schwarzenegger) a Bush Republican," said Bill Whalen, a research fellow with the Hoover Institution. "So if he hangs out with the president, it's probably a photo op he doesn't need.''

Whalen said Schwarzenegger's priority must be the four initiatives that he wants voters to approve: changes in teachers' tenure (Proposition 74), prohibiting public employee unions from using dues for political purposes without their members' permission (Prop. 75), budget changes (Prop. 76) and redistricting (Prop. 77).

"With respect to the president, the biggest favor he can do is stay out of this election," Whalen said. "Arnold doesn't want this to be a referendum on the war in Iraq, the price of gasoline and (Supreme Court nominee) Harriet Miers."

But Schwarzenegger's plan to skip Bush's visit has dismayed some Republicans at a time the president faces intense criticism over the Miers nomination, the war in Iraq and the possibility that aide Karl Rove might be indicted.

A White House emissary, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the governor is getting bad counsel from his advisers. It will appear, "at a time when the president needs the support of a Republican governor (that Schwarzenegger) is turning his back" on Bush, the GOP leader said.

Moreover, the Republican leader said, Schwarzenegger's decision suggests "he prefers John McCain to George Bush,'' a reference to the governor's high-profile campaign swing in California last week alongside the maverick Republican senator from Arizona.

Schwarzenegger raised eyebrows among national Republican leaders last month when he told The Chronicle in an interview that he preferred that Bush schedule his California visit after the election.

But Democrats said that, like it or not, the failure of the Republican governor to appear alongside the president will be ammunition for their side.

"The governor is trying to create some distance between himself and the president. ... But we're going to make that connection every day of the week,'' said California's Democratic Assembly Speaker Fabian Núñez.

GOP spokeswoman Karen Hanretty said Democrats are simply trying to change the focus from Schwarzenegger's calls for reform.

"I don't expect Gov. Schwarzenegger to be hanging out with George Bush in California. We're facing some very serious issues in the state -- and unless the president of the United States is coming to town to hand over federal money to the governor to help us solve our problems, I don't see why the governor would allow himself to be distracted with the president's fundraising trip," she said.

White House officials, meanwhile, shrugged off the issue.

"We always extend an invitation to the governor whenever we travel to the state," White House deputy press secretary Ken Lisiaus said Friday. "I have not heard anything back at this point, (but) we certainly enjoy a good working relationship with the governor."

E-mail Carla Marinucci at cmarinucci@sfchronicle.com.
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Where is the fundraiser going to be held?

Is any one going to do anything to stop this mad man?!

All of them are insane. Remember who financed Hitler.

Thanks for the posting.

Bush was due to arrive in Los Angeles later Thursday for a two-day visit that includes a fundraiser in Beverly Hills to be attended by 100 couples, at which the Republican National Committee is expected to raise one million dollars, according to The Los Angeles Times.

President Bush will be coming to the Los Angeles area today and tomorrow. He will be traveling this afternoon (sometime between 3 and 7 pm) on the 405 heading north and on the 118 (towards Simi Valley and the Ronald Regan Library), and again on the 405 tomorrow morning.

The freeways and overpasses will be closed while he is traveling on the freeways. So if you travel on the 405 or 118 and your commute comes to a complete halt, you will know that you are waiting for the President to pass.

The channel 4 5o'clock news said that Chimpoleon himself was due to arrive (at LAX ???) "within the hour".

According to NBC4.TV :

President George W. Bush travels to the Southland Thursday to raise money for the GOP, and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, a fellow Republican, downplayed reports of his irritation over the visit.

With the president's staff apparently having disregarded a request by the governor to delay the California visit, Bush was scheduled to arrive at 5:25 p.m., Thursday at Los Angeles International Airport at the start of a two-day visit.

Following his arrival, Bush will present the President's Volunteer Service Award to Dr. Raymond Goodman, thanking him for his work the past three years as volunteer medical director of the Medical Reserve Corps of Los Angeles, whose members are trained as auxiliary emergency responders, the White House announced.

Then, the president will go to a Beverly Hills-area home for a fundraiser, attended by 100 couples, at which the Republican National Committee is expected to raise $1 million.

Meanwhile, westside commuters should be prepared for traffic delays thanks to Bush's visit. Freeway closures are being planned on the San Diego (405) Freeway near Sunset Boulevard between 4 and 8 p.m. Thursday, and between 7 and 11 a.m. Friday to make way for the presidential motorcade.

The exact motorcade route was not released for security reasons.

error

I think Bush Admirer must be on drugs.

A 65 yo numbskull.
The bad wind.
An idiot.
A Bush Admirer.

"GW's list of achievments"

right

""GW's list of achievments" "

Ypu're right about all that hex but you're forgetting the one thing he's done right. And that's THE most important thing.

Finally we had a president who was willing to fight back against the savage islamist hordes. Thanks to him, we slaughtering more of these animals every day.

please see
http://la.indymedia.org/news/2005/10/137448_comment.php#137643

Thank you for linking to more of my wisdom. The readership, I'm sure, greatly appreciates it.

At least we agree on something. The savagery of these islamist animals that is.

the charts I posted are the most important thing

Nope. You're wrong. Bombing islamists back to the stoneage (not very far as it turns out) is.

We have two criminals, Clinton and Bush.
How do people decide who to hang first for treason and murder?
Nothing is simple. Except certain minds.

We did need a conformation from Simpletown.
Thank you Bush Admirer.

I post charts from the Congressional Budget Office and you reply "Hex - thanks for confirming that you are indeed a moron", then - when a person DOESN'T post hard proof you say -

too dumb to debate


the chart says - "each president starting at zero"

"Those charts you posted are accurate. However, Bill Clinton had nothing whatsoever to do with any of them."

"each president starting at zero" from the Congressional Budget Office is WRONG and anyone who posts the data is a MORON but if you don't bother to post proof (like BA never does) then you're "too dumb to debate"

dumb if you do - dumb if you don't

Part of the 90s boom was due to the rebound from the early 90s recession (a drop from the Reagan high, and kept low by the Gulf War). The go-go attitude, though, was stoked by Clinton's policies like the pay-as-you go balanced budget, which caused investors to trust in "the system" and unleash a lot of capital (and acquire debt).

Also, capitalists liked Clinton a lot because he passed NAFTA and welfare reform, basically creating a permanent underpaid service sector, and offshoring the most valuable industrial jobs. I think the budget and this very right-wing, anti-labor position got the capitalists very excited about the future. It looked like conditions for widespread labor exploitation were going to be delivered by the Democrats.

This is also why Bush is being punished by the capitalists (except the ones he's connected to, of course). He's raising the debt, and putting himself into a position where the middle class will turn on him, and ally with the working classes. His failure to slow the outsourcing trend will lose him allies in the middle class, because it proletarianizes the "knowledge workers" who have long labored under the illusion that they were capitalists.

BA - You assertion about his not balancing the budget is incorrect. Clinton eliminated the budget deficit, and started to accelerate the buyback of bonds.

Everyone agrees that the general trend WRT budgets is that Republicans increase spending and cut taxes, causing huge deficits and debt. They've done this since Reagan. Democrats used to run deficits, but, starting with Clinton, their general tack has been to push for pay-as-you-go social spending, with increased taxes, and no change in spending.

The old (mythical) tradition of Republican fiscal conservatism has been replaced with a different philosophy about debt. The unspoken fact is that today's Republicans think debt is totally awesome, because they are the ones making the loans, and when people are in debt to you, they are like your indentured servants. When companies carry debt, they are beholden to the main investors.