1 Daily Briefing verses 10 Campaign Events: Which is more important?

President Obama's week began with his performance in the first Presidential Debate last Wednesday. Once that was over, he performed two official Presidential duties. First, he attended a daily briefing on Friday. Second, he dedicated a new Monument to Ceasar Chavez.

The rest of the week was devoted to fundraising and campaigning. During that time, he attended 10 campaign events in states across the country: Iowa, Colorado, Ohio, and California. Mrs. Obama attended 2 campaign events and VP Biden attended only one.

One difficulty with determining this week's schedule is that the White House website schedule differs that that which is published on Politico. Thus, the summary below is a compilation from both sites.

The following is a summary of President Obama's official schedule for the week of Wednesday October 3 through Tuesday October 9, 2012.

Today, Tuesday, October 9, 2012

• President Obama, at 12:40PM, delivers remarks at campaign event in San Francisco, CA. Then he flies to Columbus OH and attends a 2nd campaign event at Ohio State University. He will then return to DC in the evening.
• Michelle Obama speaks at at a campaign event in Loudon County VA, and then attends a fundraising event in McLean Va.

Monday, October 8, 2012

• President Obama left Los Angeles CA and flew to Bakersfield CA where he announced the establishment of the César E. Chávez National Monument at the Villa La Paz, National Chávez Center in Keene, CA. When that was over, he flew to San Francisco and attended 2 campaign events.

Sunday, October 7, 2012

• Mister Obama flew to Los Angeles CA and attended 2 campaign fundraising events.

Friday, October 5, 2012

• President Obama received a daily briefing at 9:30 AM. After, he traveled to Fairfax VA and attended a campaign event ag George Mason University. Next, he flew to Cleveland OH and spoke at another campaign event at Cleveland State University. He flew back to Washington and was back at the White House before 6:30 PM.

Thursday, October 4, 2012

• Mister Obama started the day at 10:30 AM when he attended a campaign event in Denver CO. He then flew to Madison WI for another campaign appearance. When that was over, he flew back to DC.
• VP Biden flew to Council Bluffs Iowa and attended a campaign event.

Wednesday, October 3, 2012

• President Obama departed Henderson NV at 2:25PM and flew to Denver CO where he participated in the first of three Presidential Debates.