President plans California visit after primary
2-day trip aims to counter Dems
Carla Marinucci, Chronicle Political Writer
Tuesday, February 24, 2004
Aiming to counter Democratic presidential candidates who have dominated the recent political debate in California, President Bush will visit the state for a two-day swing on the heels of the March 2 Super Tuesday primary.
Bush's trip to the nation's most populous state is scheduled to begin March 3 in Los Angeles, where he plans to attend two campaign fund-raisers and preside over a White House conference on faith-based community efforts.
White House officials are exploring the possibility of a Bush event to focus on jobs, possibly in the Central Valley, before the president flies to the Bay Area for another fund-raiser March 4 in Santa Clara.
The president's trip, which will be his 12th to California, is timed for just after the Democratic presidential primary -- a strategy used earlier in the campaign for presidential visits to New Hampshire, Missouri and South Carolina.
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