President Obama is hitting the campaign trail in a mission to energize voters for the upcoming election—and no place more important than battleground state Florida.
His message to an audience at St. Petersburg College in Seminole Saturday was clear: get out and vote.
The hot sun didn’t keep around 11,000 supporters from hearing the president speak.
Meredith Machler, walked away, excited for another four years.
“I like that he has a plan to help us, to get us out of this recession”, said Machler.
The President identified four points of improvement and he acknowledged that Florida is a hot spot for politicians.
Recent polls show President Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney nearly tied.
President Obama told the crowd, “I know you have a lot of national republicans in the neighborhood, making their argument, we’ve made ours, and now we have a choice to make and by the way…don’t boo…vote!”
President Obama has visited Florida 10 times just this year.
Former Governor Charlie Crist introduced the president to the crowd and was met with loud cheers.