President's Schedule: Monday, April 19

California Dreamin'?

Topping the President's agenda today: a trip to Los Angeles, where he'll try and bolster the shaky reelection prospects of Sen. Barbara Boxer.

Boxer needs all the help she can get. The three-term Democrat has seen her poll numbers dragged down by California's wobbly economy. Unemployment in the so-called Golden State tops 12%, well above the national average, and the state is in a deep fiscal crisis. Three GOP candidates are battling for the right to oppose her in November: former Rep. Tom Campbell, former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina and Assemblyman Chuck DeVore.

Obama will speak at an evening fundraising reception for Boxer and the DNC at the California Science Center in L.A. Tickets go for for the event are between $250-$2,500. Then it's off to a a more exclusive fundraising dinner at the Museum of Natural History, where the tickets sold for a reported $35,200 a couple, with $4,800 going to Boxer's Senate campaign and the rest directed to the DNC, according to the Los Angeles Times.

The President will spend the night in Los Angeles and return to Washington on Tuesday.

Focus on Sudan

Before leaving for the West coast, Obama will meet with his special envoy to Sudan, General Scott Gration.

The Schedule

In-Town Travel Pool
Wires: AP, Reuters, Bloomberg
Wire Photos: AP, Reuters, AFP
TV Corr & Crew: FOX
Print: Salon
Radio: Talk Radio

Out-of-Town Travel Pool
Wires: AP, Reuters, Bloomberg
Wire Photos: AP, Reuters, AFP
TV Corr & Crew: FOX
Print: Washington Times

EDT

12:30PM THE PRESIDENT meets with senior advisors
Oval Office
Closed Press

1:00PM THE PRESIDENT meets with Sudan Special Envoy General Scott Gration
Oval Office
Closed Press

PDT


6:00PM THE PRESIDENT delivers remarks at fundraising reception for Senator Boxer and the DNC
California Science Center
Print Pool Coverage

6:40PM THE PRESIDENT delivers remarks at fundraising event for Senator Boxer and the DNC California Science Center
Travel Pool Coverage

8:45PM THE PRESIDENT delivers remarks at fundraising dinner for Senator Boxer and the DNC Museum of Natural History
Travel Pool Coverage

Briefing Schedule

1:30PM Briefing by Press Secretary Robert Gibbs

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On This Day

1861 - President Abraham Lincoln ordered a blockade against southern ports, effectively shutting them off from imports during the Civil War.

1933 - President Franklin Roosevelt ordered the U.S. removed from the gold standard.


Presidential Quote

"If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?"
- Abraham Lincoln