President Obama to visit Las Vegas next week

Wed, Jan 18, 2012 (10:16 a.m.)

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will visit Las Vegas next week, on a five-stop swing through the West and Midwest.

Obama will be arriving in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Jan. 25 and stay overnight, departing on Thursday, Jan. 26. No further details about the trip were immediately available, except that the president’s visit — like Vice President Joe Biden’s visit to Reno’s Galena High School on Thursday to talk about college affordability — is official White House business.

The two trips bookend the Nevada Democratic Caucuses this Saturday. While the vice president and president’s stops in the Silver State are not officially part of the 2012 reelection campaign effort, the high-profile visits are likely to drum up Democratic enthusiasm just before the Republican presidential field arrives in Nevada for the GOP caucuses on Feb. 4.

Anticipation surrounding the Nevada caucuses is low, as Mitt Romney is expected to emerge as the presumptive nominee before candidates head West. Romney is also expected to win Nevada’s contests. Recent polls show Obama polling neck-and-neck with Romney in Nevada.

The president will make stops in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and Phoenix on Jan. 25 before arriving in Las Vegas, where he will spend the night. After he leaves Las Vegas he will travel to Denver and then Detroit before returning to Washington, D.C.

Obama last visited Las Vegas in October, a few days after the Republican presidential candidates held a debate there. At the time, the president used Las Vegas to unveil a new housing plan.

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