Olympic Boxing gold medalist Claressa Shields, before introducing Vice President Joe Biden, spoke to a crowd of Obama/Biden supporters during a campaign stop at Renaissance High School in Detroit on Wednesday, showing her support for President Obama and Vice President Biden. After that, Vice President Biden gave a rousing speech.
Photos and quotes after the jump.
President Barack Obama visited Cuyahoga Community College in Cleveland, Ohio yesterday to talk about the two completely different views he and Romney have about how to create jobs and grow the economy.
Click HERE for read the entire speech or watch the video.
MANY more photos with excerpts from his speech after the jump.
These are a few images from the first official campaign rally for Barack Obama for the 2012 election. It took place in Columbus, Ohio at Ohio State on Saturday, May 5. At the bottom is an interactive panoramic image from the Rally and along with a panoramic still that can be zoomed in so close you can actually find yourself if you were there. Enjoy!
[LOTS of photos (and other treats) after the jump.]
Yesterday’s kick-off rally for the second attempt to recall Michigan Governor Rick Snyder was far more sparsely attended than was hoped but the quality of the speakers was fantastic. The event was emceed by progressive talk show radio host (and my personal friend) Tony Trupiano, shown there at the right. Tony hosts the First Shift morning radio show on AM 1310 WDTW where I “appear” once every two weeks on the Blog Role segment.
The Forward Band from Wisconsin traveled to Michigan for the rally. These people have been performing labor songs in their state Capitol building every day since the effort to recall Scott Walker started.…
In a perfect confluence of democratic goings-on, I hereby dub May 5th, 2012 Democracy Day in Michigan. Two key events are happening that day. First, from 9 a.m. until noon, Democrats across the state will caucus to choose Barack Obama as their candidate for President of the United States.
Then, starting at 2 p.m., there will be a rally on the grounds of the State Capitol to kick-off the second attempt to gather enough signatures to put the recall on Governor Rick Snyder on the November ballot. If you can’t make it to the rally, it will be live-streamed here at Eclectablog.
[Details about both events after the jump.]
On Saturday, June 18th, there will be a rally in Benton Harbor to kick off the recall of State Rep. Al Pscholka and to make sure Benton Harbor and what is happening there stays on the state and national radar screen.
Click the image to download the flyer
From the Facebook page for the event:
Special guest speaker will be Wisconsin State Senator Lena Taylor who was one of the 14 legislators to leave the state during Walker’s crusade!
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UPDATED with some new photos.
Several thousand people rally in front of Michigan’s Capitol building. A great turnout and LOTS of Snyder recall petitions being signed. There had to have been at least 5,000 people there. Maybe more. I was able to catch a bit of it. Here are some photos. Enjoy.
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Approaching the Capitol Bldg. about 4:45 pm
Getting closer (sorry for the finger)
From the Capitol Steps, looking straight down Michigan Avenue
Needless to say, a LOT of Rick Snyder recall petitions got signed today.…
Great turnout at the anti-Snyder Rally at the University of Michigan commencement. Easily 1,000 people and more coming in.
Crowds assemble
The “Koch Brothers” entertain. “Rick Snyder, our #1 purchase!”
Congresswoman Rebekah Warren takes the microphone.
Next up, Lexi Salazar, 5th grader from Murphy School in Haslett, future zoologist. Says she wears red every Tuesday to show support for her teachers.
Matt Schrader from the Ann Arbor firefighters union speaking now. “Why are union members being asked to bear the burden without having a voice in the process?”
UAW President Bob King takes the podium. “THAT’S NOT RIGHT!”
Former Congresswoman Lynn Rivers: “I love the smell of outrage in the morning!”
“Taking away benefits from public employees is not how you build a better state.…
This Saturday, Michigan Governor Rick Snyder will be the commencement speaker at the University of Michigan, quite a departure from last year when President Obama was the speaker. A massive protest is being organized that involves a rally as well as action by the students themselves.
The protest rally is being organized by the Washtenaw Community Action Team, Working Michigan, Ann Arbor Education Association, University of Michigan Campus Dems, Lecturers’ Employee Organization, Graduate Employees’ Organization, Huron Central Valley Labor Council, Univ of Michigan All Campus Labor Council, Washtenaw Coalition for Economic Justice, and a wide variety of other labor and community organizations.…
Well, it’s a rainy day but that hasn’t stopped organizers in Benton Harbor from moving forward with their planned rally and march. We have relocated the staging location to the Benton Harbor library, across the street from the City Hall.
It’s a full house with at least 250 people crammed into the library’s auditorium.
Organizer John Waltz from Heartland Revolution announcing a recall of Congressman Ray Pscholka begins TODAY!
Benton Harbor Mayor Wilce Cooke speaks:
A young Benton Harbor organizer, Trenton Bowens, speaks about the recall efforts of both Pscholka and Governor Snyder.
12:45 – Reverend Bullock from Detroit and Rainbow/PUSH speaking now.…
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