President Obama in Florida Today

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Last edited Tue Apr 10, 2012, 02:57 PM - Edit history (1)

talking about tax fairness . . .


President Obama autographs posters made by children during a fund raising stop in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida April 10, 2012. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque







11:25 AM: PBO Arrives West Palm Beach, Fla

1:15 PM: Delivers remarks at a campaign event

2:55 PM EDT
President Obama Speaks on the Economy
Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida

6:00 PM: Delivers remarks at a campaign event

8:05 PM: Delivers remarks at a campaign event

[onehandle]

1. Hopefully the Secret Service will be keeping an eye out for 'stand you grounders.'

I sincerely doubt that 'get out of jail free card' would get them off the hook, but a basement dweller might think it would.

[lolita]

2. A White man in FL...

[Lionessa]

3. Personally, I wish he would just focus on his job not on campaigning,

not just Obama, but all sitting presidents. Our election cycles, the allowed length of campaigning, and off course the fact that most of the deal is so corrupted that even if one votes, one can't even be sure the machines aren't rigged to switch that vote.

I hate election season, and this one seems to have been going on a really long time already.

[liberalhistorian]

4. I hear you, but, unfortunately,

with the political realities being what they are, that's just not possible. As you put it, the election season in this country is so long and the requirements such that it's necessary for presidents to do this sort of thing months before they should have to do so. And particularly in this political climate. And I don't see things changing anytime soon, sad to say.

[uponit7771]

5. then we need to focus on a progressive congress. We can't complain about Obama if we don't get

...an overly pregressive congress to "push" him in a certain direction

[Cali_Democrat]

6. Republicans are blocking everything

What the hell do you want him to do? He's taking his message to the people.

[jwirr]

7. Actually in this case he can do both at the same time. He is having to take the issues to the

people in order to get anything passed by the rethugs so why not do some politics at the same time? I also do not think setting in DC waiting for the congress to act does anything to increase his chances of being re-elected.

[bigtree]

8. that just makes no sense at all. This entire election effort is directly related to all of that

Congress is gridlocked and our majority is thin in the Senate and broken in the House. Anyone following the legislative process can see that republicans have been intent on stalling until they can, somehow, engineer this Democrat out of office and replace him with another republican autocrat.

Elections are OUR time and part in the democratic process. It's where we weigh in to determine the make-up of the legislature; thus, the scope, content, and direction of our national agenda. I think we'd loath the day we relinquished any more of that process of elections to regular order.

This is the time to be heard and to get these politicians to commit to our issues and initiatives. There isn't any substitute. We'll just have to fight through. I'm glad to see our Democratic president out in the nation rallying support for our Democratic initiatives. Today's theme is 'tax fairness.' How perfect.

[coeur_de_lion]

9. Hope he doesn't go anywhere near Sanford

Zimmerman's still loose and armed. And he's the wrong color for our Zimmy.

[quaker bill]

10. Unlikely

Seminole is a very red county.