Mr. Obama campaigned in the U.S. while wife Michelle enjoyed the Olympics in London

President Obama was very busy this past week. He attended 4 daily briefings and held a cabinet meeting! Plus, he participated in an Ambassador Credentialing Ceremony, met with Ambassador Crocker, Secretary Shinseki, Secretary Panetta, and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

In addition, he attended 6 fundraising events, one in New York City, one in DC, two in Virginia, and 2 in New Orleans.

Vice President Biden attended 2 campaign events as well.

Since Michelle Obama was in London, watching and participating in various Olympic events, she was not officially campaigning this week.

The following is a summary of our Executive Branch's official schedule during the week of Wednesday July 25 through Tuesday July 31 2012.


Today, Tuesday July 31, 2012

• The only thing scheduled for Mr Obama is a daily briefing at 10:30 AM.

Monday July 30, 2012

• President Obama started the day with a daily briefing at 11:10 AM. Then, he participated in an Ambassador Credentialing Ceremony. However, he ended the day by flying to New York City to attend a campaign event at the NoMad Hotel.
• VP Biden flew to Chicago IL to attend a campaign event.

Sunday July 29, 2012

• Mrs Obama was at the Olympics, and returns to DC that evening.
• VP Joe Biden and his wife Jill flew to Detroit MI where he spoke at the American Federation of Teachers 2012 convention.

Saturday July 28, 2012

• Mrs Obama was at the Olympics.

Friday July 27, 2012

• This is one of President Obama's early mornings. He began at 9:40 AM and attended a daily briefing. Then, he signed the United States-Israel Enhanced Security Cooperation Act, met with Ambassador Ryan Crocker (Ambassador to Afghanistan), and Clinton at 11:30 AM. Later, he dashed off to a 1:10 PM campaign event at the Jefferson Hotel in DC. By 5 PM, he was in McLean VA where he attended 2 more campaign events.
• Mrs Obama was at the Olympics.
• Mr. Biden attended a campaign event in DC.

Thursday July 26, 2012

• Mr. Obama appeared to work at the White House for the whole day (11 AM to 4:45 PM). He attended a briefing, met with Eric Shinseki (who is Secretary of Veterans Affairs), had lunch with VP Biden at 12:30, held a cabinet meeting and ended the day with a meeting with Panetta.
• was at the Olympics.
• Mrs Obama flew to London England to attend the Olympic Games with her daughters.

Wednesday July 25, 2012

• President Obama's day began at 12:25 PM when he left Seattle WA and flew to New Orleans LA. There, he attended 2 campaign events, and spoke at the National Urban League convention. He flew back to Washington DC late that evening.
• Mr. Biden delivered remarks at the International Association of Fire Fighters 51st Convention in Philadelphia.

18 More Fundraising Campaign Events for President Obama, wife Michelle, and VP Biden

Of the past 7 days, President Obama had remained in Washington DC for official duties only once. That was last Wednesday. He began the day at 10:30 AM meeting with Tom Vilsack.  After a lunch with VP Biden, Mr. Obama also met with Mrs. Clinton and Mr. Panetta. The official highlight was his honoring of the 2012 NCAA Women’s Basketball Champion Baylor Bears at the White House. He ended that day attending a campaign fundraising event in Washington.

During the remaining 6 days, he attended 13 more fundraisers in the states of Florida, Nevada, California, and Oregon. Because of the tragic shooting in Colorado, the President found the opportunity to have the taxpayers pay for his West Coast swing by stopping in Colorado and meeting with families of the shooting victims.

Covering the other parts of the country, his wife Michelle campaigned in Pennsylvania, Alabama, and Ohio. Additionally, Mr. Biden worked a union crowd in Ohio.

All together, this trio attended a total of 18 campaign events in the week.

Below is a summary of the official Presidential schedule for the week of Wednesday July 18 through Tuesday July 24, 2012.

Today, Tuesday, July 24, 2012

• President Obama starts day at 1:15PM and flies from San Francisco CA to Portland OR where he will attend 2 fundraisers. Then, he hops on the plane again and flies to Seattle WA where he will attend 2 more campaign fundraising events.
• Michelle Obama attends a campaign event at Westerville Central High School in a suburb of Columbus, Ohio. Later, she will attend a second fundraising event in Dayton OH.

Monday, July 23, 2012

• Mr. Obama started the day at 2:25PM when he flew from San Francisco CA to Reno NV where he spoke to the VFW National Convention. Next, he flew to Oakland CA and attended 3 more fundraising campaign events.

Sunday, July 22, 2012

• Mr. Obama's schedule began at 2:15PM when he left DC and flew to Colorado to meet with families of the shooting victims. Afterward, he flew to San Francisco and spent the night there.

Friday, July 20, 2012

• Mr. Obama left West Palm Beach FL at 9:25AM and flew to Fort Myers. There, he attended 1 campaign event and then flew back to DC, ending the day at 1:45PM.

Thursday, July 19, 2012

• Mr. Obama departed the White House at 10:45AM and flew to Jacksonville FL where he attended 2 campaign fundraising events. Then, he flew to West Palm Beach and starred in 2 more fundraisers.
• VP Biden flew to Columbus Ohio and attended a Union campaign event.

Wednesday, July 18, 2012

• President Obama began day at 10:30AM when he received a daily briefing. At 11AM he met with Mr. Vilsack then had lunch with Biden at 12:30. At 2:25 he honors the 2012 NCAA Women’s Basketball Champion Baylor Bears. Next he met with Clinton and Panetta. Then dashed off to a campaign event at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel at 5:40PM.
• Michelle Obama flew to Philadelphia and spoke about Let's Move. Afterward, she flew to Birmingham Alabama to attend a fundraising event. She had the country pay for this excursion because she was "briefed on the tornado recovery" while in Birmingham. 

Obama attended 10 fundraisers, watched 2 basketball games, and had 3 meetings last week

With less than 4 months to go before the November 2012 election, President Obama is now focusing nearly 100% of his time on his re-election campaign. And living up to our blog's namesake, The Traveling Fundraiser, he visited Virginia two days in a row, Ohio, and Texas. During the past 7 days, he attended 10 different fundraising events.

As for official work, Mr. Obama's schedule stated that he held 1 daily briefing, met once with Mr. Geithner, and hosted a meeting with Democratic leaders of the House and Senate.

Not wanting to miss out on entertainment, the President returned to DC on Monday afternoon (from Cincinnati Ohio), in order to watch both the Men's and Women's U.S. basketball teams play Brazil. Mr. Obama's wife Michelle and VP Biden joined him in watching the games.

Since Mr. Obama's wife and children wanted to attend the Broadway Play Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark last Sunday, he had Michelle attend a fundraising event nearby in order that their entertainment trip would be fully paid by the U.S. taxpayers.

Additionally, Vice President Joe Biden was also awarded 1 fundraising event to attend. That one is today in New York City.



Below is a summary of the official schedule of our country's leadership activities during the period Wednesday July 11 through Tuesday July 17 2012.


Today, Tuesday, July 17, 2012

• Mr. Obama flies Air Force One to San Antonio, TX and delivers remarks at 2 fundraising campaign events. Then, he flies to Austin TX and attends 2 more campaign events.
• VP Biden meets a delegation of Australian leaders at the White House. In the afternoon, he flies to New York City and attends a Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee event.

Monday, July 16, 2012

• President Obama flew to Cincinnati Ohio and attended 2 campaign events. Afterwards, he flew back to Washington DC and attended the men's and women's U.S. versus Brazil basketball games along with his wife and Mr Biden.
• Mr. Biden spoke at a briefing on seniors issues at the White House.

Sunday, July 15, 2012

• Michelle Obama delivered remarks at a campaign event in Pontantico Hills, NY. When that was over, she took a motorcade to NYC and watched the Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark play on Broadway with her daughters.

Saturday, July 14, 2012

• Mr. Obama travelled to Richmond VA and attended a campaign event. Then, he traveled to Sterling VA for another campaign appearance.

Friday, July 13, 2012

• Mr. Obama flew to Norfolk VA and spoke at a campaign event at Green Run High School in Virginia Beach, VA . Next, he traveled to Hampton VA and delivered remarks at another campaign event at the Phoebus High School, Hampton, VA

Thursday, July 12, 2012

• VP Biden delivered remarks at the NAACP 2012 Annual Convention in Houston, Texas.

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

• President Obama met with Democratic leaders in the afternoon.
• Mr. Biden flew to Houston TX and stayed overnight.

Obama's "Betting on America" fundraising bus tour to Ohio and Pennsylvania

During the past 7 days, President Obama campaigned 4 of the 7 days and attended 9 fundraising events. He had no public schedule the other 3 days.

Needing to "look like" he was working for the USA, Mr. Obama scheduled 3 official photo-op appointments where he: spoke at a naturalization ceremony, signed a Bill that Congress passed, and gave a speech telling us that he needs more money from us taxpayers and therefore wants to raise taxes. Additionally, he attended one meeting with his Senior advisers and had one daily briefing.

The highlight of the President's week was what he called his "Betting on America" bus tour. This was held last Thursday and Friday. For this, he flew to Ohio, boarded the Canadian bus he purchased with U.S. taxpayer dollars, and visited cities in Ohio and Pennsylvania. During these 2 days, he attended 5 fundraisers.

Below are pictures of President Obama working hard while we the taxpayers were paying of his salary.


Note that when he returned from his bus trip, he was so grateful that he immediately held a speech saying that he needed more money, and was therefore asking Congress to raise our taxes. While this is a bold step in an election year, this is a vital necessity to maintain his traveling lifestyle.

Below is a summary of the President's activities during the week of Wednesday July 4 through Tuesday July 10 2012.  Also listed are those of Vice President Biden who attended 3 fundraising activities.


Today, Tuesday, July 10, 2012

• President Obama flies to Cedar Rapids Iowa where he is hosting a campaign event and meeting with a local family. Then, he will attend an early afternoon fundraiser at Kirkwood Community College and fly back to DC before 5 PM.
• Vice President Biden delivered remarks at the 2012 National Council of La Raza Annual Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada. After, he travels to Park City Utah to attend a campaign event.
• Jill Biden flew to Salt Lake City and met with service members.

Monday, July 9, 2012

• Mr. Obama delivered a speech saying that he has to raise taxes for those making $250,000 and more. Then, he sat for TV interviews before dashing off and attending 2 private campaign events at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Washington DC.
• VP Biden traveled to Seattle WA and attended a fundraiser.

Friday, July 6, 2012

• President Obama toured the Summer Garden Food Manufacuring facility. Then, he attended a fundraiser and drove to Pittsburgh where he attended another campaign event. He left Pittsburgh and flew back to DC and held a photo-op session of him signing HR 4348.

Thursday, July 5, 2012

• Mr. Obama flew from DC to Toledo OH where he attended 3 campaign events. This was the kick-off of his "Betting on America" bus tour.

Wednesday, July 4, 2012

• President Obama returned from his Camp David vacation and delivered remarks at a naturalization ceremony for active duty service members. His public day was over by 11AM, but he did host a 4th of July party.

Less than 2 days of work for the Commander in Cheif after Summer begins

During the past week, the pressure of awaiting the Supreme Court's ruling on Obamacare has taken a toll on the usually campaigning President. Instead of dashing around the country, Mr. Obama attended 3 daily briefings, met with the Abu Dhabi Crown Prince, visited Walter Reed, and threw a picnic for members of congress. Itchy for lack of travel, the President did fly to Colorado to view the wildfire damage, and snuck in 1 fundraising event.

Meanwhile, he sent his wife Michelle for a day long campaign tour of Nashville and Memphis.

And, Joltin Joe Biden dropped in on campaign donors in Dubuque Iowa and Scranton PA.

That's it for the major players who were elected to lead the country during the week of Wednesday June 27 through Tuesday July 3, 2012.


Today, Tuesday, July 3, 2012

• Mr Obama is vacationing at Camp David
• Joe and Jill Biden address the National Education Association's 150th Annual Meeting and 91st Representative Assembly at the Washington Convention Center. Late in the afternoon, Mr. Biden will travel to Scranton PA to attend a campaign event.

Monday, July 2, 2012

• Mr Obama is vacationing at Camp David

Friday, June 29, 2012

• Mr. Obama flew to Colorado Springs CO

Thursday, June 28, 2012

• After a daily briefing and lunch with Biden, Mr. Obama visited the Walter Reed National Military Medical CenterMichelle Obama delivered the keynote address to the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church’s conference in Nashville TN. Later, she delivered remarks at a campaign event in Memphis

Wednesday, June 27, 2012

• President Obama had lunch with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Zayed and then attended a campaign event. He dnded the day with a picnic for Members of Congress
• VP Biden attended a campaign event in Dubuque Iowa.