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Obama to leave White House cocoon for campaign trail

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Washington (CNN) -- Just months after President Obama was described by his own advisers as a "bear" on the loose, there are few midterm sightings of the man once dubbed the "campaigner in chief" by his Republican adversaries.

The President has spent much of the 2014 cycle behind closed doors, either cloistered inside the White House cocoon dealing with a seemingly endless series of crises and scandals, or at private fundraisers, urging donors to write checks to top Democratic Party campaign and political action committees.

Tough road for Democrats to keep the Senate

That political calendar will evolve somewhat as Election Day draws near, a White House official told CNN. For starters, the President will appear at events with Democratic candidates in the coming weeks, the official said.

Obama will make the argument for policies aimed at middle class voters, just as he did in last week's speech on the economy in Chicago.

"The President has already succeeded in making a pretty aggressive case about why that's important for the country, and I would anticipate that in the context of the upcoming elections you'll hear the President make that case again," White House press secretary Josh Earnest said.

Carter criticizes Obama on ISIS: 'We waited too long'

Even though the White House is not quite ready to announce Obama's upcoming campaign stops, there are a few states that can be crossed off the map.

Races in Louisiana, Arkansas, Alaska, where incumbent Democratic senators face uphill battles to win reelection, remain at the top of the Obama no-go list.

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Obama pulled 2 ways in responding to Ebola

President Obama talked up his administration's response to Ebola and the procedures standing as a line of defense against the spread of the virus in the U.S. while flanked by military and civilian advisors.

After several minutes of this show of force, he ended with an unscripted message: the desperate circumstances and need for help fighting Ebola in West Africa.

"Let's keep in mind that, as we speak, there are children on the streets dying of this disease thousands of them," Obama told reporters Monday. "Obviously my first job is to make sure that we're taking care of the American people, but we have a larger role than that."

The moment revealed a tension in the president's response to the deadly disease that's devastating parts of West Africa and causing fear in the United State.

While Obama and his team have embarked on a public campaign to reassure Americans that Ebola will be contained and conquered by the U.S. health system, the president has also tried to turn attention to the core of the outbreak 5,000 miles away.

The dual goals conflict at times. The diagnosis of a Liberian man in Dallas last week turned Ebola from a simmering yet distant problem to a much nearer concern. White House spokesman Josh Earnest reiterated Tuesday that additional screening protocols are being developed for travelers.

The White House appears to have found itself taken aback by the man's arrival in the U.S. and subsequent diagnosis. Last month, the president went to the national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta and declared that the necessary safeguards were in place to "so that someone with the virus doesn't get on a plane for the United States." He downplayed the possibility of Ebola crossing the ocean as "unlikely."

But officials are engaged in a full-scale campaign of managing the message at home and "injecting reality" into the conversation, said one administration official who would not be named relaying internal discussions.

How they do so is being closely watched by health advocates and experts.

When Obama announced that he was sending military personnel to West Africa, Laurie Garrett, an expert on infectious diseases and global health at the Council on Foreign Relations, noted that she was pleased to hear a shift in rationale. Until then, officials had too often based the case for U.S. involvement on the potential that the disease could mutate and endanger Americans, rather than the "catastrophic" threat the disease posed to the economy or the people in the region, she said at the time.

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Obama tries to buy a thrill

In this Monday, Oct. 6, 2014 photo, President Barack Obama meets with members of his national security team and senior staff to receive an update on the Ebola outbreak in West Africa in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington.(AP)

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Buzz Cut: Obama tries to buy a thrill Baier Tracks: Stakes a mile high Orman: Party pick only valid until spring Pryor double fumbles on Ebola Would the juror driving the silver Mazda please see the bailiff

OBAMA TRIES TO BUY A THRILLThe hard and bitter sentiment against President Obamas policies, foreign and domestic, is plenty to drive Republican voter enthusiasm. But how can you get Democrats to the polls at a time when the partys base is deeply disillusioned over a 30-year war and the Senate looks like a lost cause? Cash. U.S. News explores a $60 million Democratic grassroots voter turnout initiative, but the real sums being spent are likely more than quadruple that once we factor in deep-pocketed party patrons and labor unions. But however big the push, can you recreate the Obama magic recipe for victory without the key ingredient: an enthusiastic voter base? Having been forced to not only expand the war in Iraq and Syria but also abandon some plans for enthusing Democrats and trolling conservatives, the president cant do much to get the band back together. So the only thing left to do is go see the millionaires and billionaires in hopes that they will underwrite a massive get-out-the vote effort to close the gap in key states.

[Remember two weeks ago when they told you everything had changed about the Obama presidency. So, that didnt happen. And remember that when they tell you that the next big event will change it. Like the song says: Same as it ever was]

For auld lang syne - Today, Obama is raising money in New York City and Greenwich, Connecticut. In New York, Obama will enlist the help of, among others, Harvey Weinsteinand Mark Wahlberg and a pair of plutocratic pioneers of same-sex marriage. Then on Wednesday, Obama is back to work, including a rare scheduled briefing at the Pentagon. But on Thursday, its wheels up for California, where Obama will hit a string of high-end fundraisers in a three-day swing.

[Shes got the Goop - Hollywood Reporter: Prior to the contentious midterm elections this November, President Obama is set to visit Los Angeles for a fundraiser hosted at the home of GwynethPaltrow.An invitation, sent from the Democratic National Committee to donors, states that a reception and dinner will be held at the actress home on Oct. 9. Following the reception, President Obama will take your questions at an intimate dinner, reads an email from a key Hollywood fundraiser to invitees.]

M.O. moves for Quinn - Chicago Sun-Times: Team [Pat Quinn, D-Ill.] is pulling out all the stops in star-studded political endorsements and the latest is a new TV ad where First Lady Michelle Obama urges voters to back Quinn for reelection. The release of her TV ad comes one day before she leads a political rally for Quinn at UIC on Tuesday. It also follows Michelle Obama's radio ad and follows the president's visit to boost Quinn last week.

BUBBA TELLS VOTERS TO IGNORE OBAMAByron York: In what is likely to become a theme of the last weeks of campaigning before the midterm elections, former President Bill Clinton all but begged voters here in Arkansas not to use their vote as an expression of disapproval for Barack Obama [Republicans] are really running against the president, aren't they? Clinton said. They see the polls, the president is unpopular in Arkansas. They want you to make this a protest vote, Clinton continued. They're saying, You may like these [Democrats], but hey, you know what you've got to do. You've got to vote against the president. After all, it's your last shot.

Hillary echoes Panetta - Ottawa Citizen: Hillary Clinton said Monday that military action against Islamic extremists in Iraq and Syria is essential to stop the growth of ISIL outside the region. Clinton, the former U.S. secretary of state who is likely to seek the Democratic nomination for the 2016 presidential race, made the comments in an appearance in Ottawa. This kind of jihadist extremism is expansionary, Clinton told several hundred people at the conference hosted by the Canada 2020 think-tank. Overall, Clinton said that there may be 50,000 to 100,000 hard-core jihadists in the world right now. I think we turn away from it at our peril, she said. This is a long-term struggle and we just have to be sensible about it, and be smart, and learn the lessons from the past.

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Obama Hits N.Y. Donors Again to Fill Coffers for Midterms

President Barack Obama marks his sixth straight month visiting New York to raise campaign money for congressional Democrats, who in key races dont want him campaigning beside them.

The president returned to the nations financial capital for three events today, including one in suburban Connecticut.

New York has always been the center of gravity among centers of gravity, said Representative Steve Israel of New York, who leads House Democrats campaign arm.

Obama, who has no public events or speeches scheduled during the roughly nine-hour trip, attended two Democratic National Committee events in New York City, one for about 25 people donating up to $32,400 and a reception with about 250 people, according to the DNC.

He then flew in a helicopter to Greenwich, Connecticut, landing on a polo field and heading to the $10 million house of real estate investor Richard Richman, where is raising money for Senate Democrats.

The president is lending his time and his fundraising prowess to the party, which is trying to hang onto its Senate majority in the Nov. 4 election, four weeks away.

Tonights event in the Conyers Farm development in Greenwich is the 11th Obama has done for the 2014 mid-term elections for Senate Democrats, according to the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. The tickets cost $10,000 to $32,400, according to the DSCC.

The aura around Obama as president can encourage donations, letting Democrats raise money they couldnt get without him, said Stanley Renshon, a professor at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York who studies political psychology.

To be in the same room, to feel special, even if youre paying for the privilege, is something that a lot of people like to do, Renshon said. Because it makes them feel like theyre important. And the tradeoff is theyre buying their own importance.

At White Street Restaurant in New Yorks Tribeca neighborhood, Obama drew applause from the audience when he talked about raising the minimum wage and improvement in the U.S. economy during his presidency. His remarks near Wall Street about minimizing risks for the banking sector were met with silence.

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