Bush Spends Quiet Day With Advisers Planning Campaign

In contrast to the hoopla in New York, President Bush spent the day at his seaside home here in quiet consultation with Robert M. Teeter, his campaign chairman, and with White House Chief of Staff Samuel K. Skinner, who flew to Maine for the day.

The breezy day at Walkers Point, on a promontory overlooking the Atlantic Ocean, afforded Bush “a chance to talk about the campaign--what we want to do in the long run, ads, travel,” said campaign spokeswoman Torie Clark, who remained behind in Washington.

The senior advisers and the President were taking advantage of having a full day they can spend together, rather than 45 minutes or an hour, as would be the case in the hurried atmosphere of a workday at the White House, she said.

Before Teeter and Skinner arrived, at 11:30 a.m., Bush jogged around his 11-acre family vacation property, and received a national security briefing from Brent Scowcroft, his national security adviser, said Sean Walsh, a White House spokesman.

Today, accompanied by Skinner and Secretary of State James A. Baker III, Bush is flying to California to attend an environmental program marking the expansion of Sequoia National Park, and to meet with Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari, whom he will take to the Major League Baseball All-Star Game in San Diego.

Bush and Baker later will fly to Baker’s ranch in Wyoming for two days of fishing and--more important--political schmoozing.