CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. - Many in Washington were surprised that President Obama came to California on Tuesday and did not, like presidents almost always do in the Golden State, squeeze in a fund-raiser.
But, it turns out, he did make time for a big political donor.
After dodging questions from White House reporters on Tuesday, Jay Carney, the White House press secretary disclosed on Wednesday that Mr. Obama had a private dinner in his Los Angeles hotel, the Hilton Woodland Hills, with “his longtime friend, Jeffrey Katzenberg,†the chief executive of DreamWorks Animation, after taping his appearance on NBC’s “The Tonight Show With Jay Leno.â€
“Just the two of them, at the hotel,†Mr. Carney added.
The president paid, the spokesman said.
