Story from The New York Times —
President Bush will be going to three college commencements in coming weeks — but not those of his twin daughters, Barbara and Jenna.
Mr. Bush and his wife, Laura, said they did not want to subject other families to the disruptions of a presidential visit when Barbara Bush graduates from Yale University on May 24 in New Haven and Jenna Bush graduates from the University of Texas on May 22 in Austin.
Mr. Bush turned down an invitation to speak at the Texas ceremony. But he will give a commencement address at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge and at Concordia University in Mequon, Wis.
You don’t suppose this has anything to do with Connecticut and Texas not being in play and that Colorado, Louisiana and Wisconsin are “battleground states,” do you? [Colorado has come into play, though technically not one of the “battleground states.”]
Thanks to Jesus’ General for the pointer.