Obama To Headline Rally At USC Friday
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President Obama will speak to students at USC on Friday. (Creative Commons)
President Obama's week-long blitz comes to L.A. Friday. The president, who has been making his way down the West Coast, has high hopes of picking up Democratic voters along the way.
The president started Thursday in Seattle, was in San Francisco by Thursday night, and by Friday afternoon will be at the University of Southern California to lead a rally for the Democratic National Committee.
University officials are expecting as many as 30,000 at USC’s Alumni Park on Friday. The event opens at 11 a.m., and the President will speak at approximately 1:55 p.m. Visitors should come early, as the President’s arrival is going to wreak havoc with traffic patterns.
The rally at USC is just one of a number of appeals the President has made to reinvigorate younger voters, who carried him to victory in 2008. Obama recently hosted a town hall discussion on MTV and he has traveled to a number of universities, including Ohio State University.
He spoke to a large crowd at the University of Washington on Thursday and urged students to vote for Sen. Patty Murray.
Obama began his speech by thanking young voters and said that the 2008 election was a reminder that the American dream is still alive. He said little about the issues, but focused on imploring students to vote.
“If you have not voted yet, you’ve got to get that ballot and put it in the mail,” the President said. “Don't delay. Do it right after this rally. You’ve got to then talk to your friends. You’ve got to talk to your neighbors. You’ve got to make phone calls. You’ve got to knock on doors. You have to make sure that you are as fired up and as excited now as you were two years ago - because the work is not yet done.”
Obama may be right to try to focus on younger voters. Polls show that the President is losing support among those who once voted for him, and young people in particular are lacking enthusiasm.
For California Democrats, Obama’s message – that people need to vote – is especially important. The Democrats have very narrow leads in the latest polls in both the Senate and gubernatorial races, but experts say the races could swing Republican depending on who goes to the polls.
Obama should be well received in California, experts say. His job ratings in the state are higher than most anywhere else.
The president will also be hosting a private fundraiser for Sen. Barbara Boxer at USC before the rally Friday.
For details of Friday's rally, including parking, entrance and staging locations on an interactive map, click here.
Below is a slideshow by reporter Chryst'l Sanchez of organizers setting up the scene for the rally on the eve of the event.
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A businessman is drowning in the ocean.
Stimulus : we should rescue him immediately.
Power first : Nope ! How do we pay for it. Just let him go under much like Lehman Brothers.
Stimulus : He is dying right now.
Power first : Nope ! You can't save his money bag.
Stimulus ( clock is ticking ) : : We can do everything.
Power first : We are serious about jobs. Where are jobs ?
Equation :
Depression : New Deal = Great Recession : Stimulus Package (Groundwork) + Incomplete Energy Independence or A Jobs law
The Problem = The destructive war & military waste + Stimulus Package
Therefore = Incomplete Energy Independence or A Jobs law - The destructive war & military waste
Criticism = Stimulus Package (Groundwork)
Conclusion = Gambling on Iraq Oil + weapon sell Again + Double-dip Depression
Cure = Slashing the destructive war & military waste + Completion of Energy Independence or A Jobs law
Anger at These :
Gambling on Iraq Oil Again : A Drop in the Bucket Vs. Growing Population & Demand World-wide. The Age of Cheap Oil = A Thing of the Past.
1. At this time, it looks like the oil-friendly country is gambling on Iraq oil again, citing a big government & deficit, and therefore the world-wide stimulus package worth trillions and health care reform in America are now at stake.
2. Of the money by the money for the money is getting a society nowhere near prosperity.
Gambling on party of "no idea" is sure to be much like Throwing an Egg of Economy Against a Rock.
The outcome of government take-over :
1. In banking industry, the result of government take-over is big bonus parties backed by the tax-payer's invaluable cash.
2. In healcare reform, the outcome of government take-over is to dump ill children when needed most.
3. In oil spill, the administration should be held responsible for its deregulation, urging a big government
Chanting deficit :
1. Amid chanting deficit, the same old failed policy.
2. Amid chanting deficit, hands-off approach over huge trade deficit from oil money spill & trade imbalance with China from remorseless health care premium.
3. Unfortunately, as a direct consequence of remorseless health care premium, numerous folks have no choice but to hang onto affordable offerings, since one in two households is said to face a hard decision between necessity & drug.
4. Inaction cost in relation to health care reform totals $9trillion over the next decade.
5. Over the next 10 years, total Bush tax cut costs will equal $3.9 trillion, .... the tax cuts would increase deficits by nearly $4 trillion between 2005 and 2014.
The most critical debt : Personal Bankruptcy
1. The current recession came from Personal Bankruptcy largely as a consequence of the relentless health care costs, pain at the pump, and the subsequent subprime mortgage crisis.
Facing huge trade deficit from oil money spill & trade imbalance with China, the primary economic policy of previous administration was " spending baby "to the great delight of republicans' sponsors.
2. By comparison, the recovered stock market value alone, around $1.5 trillion, is nearly twice as much as the stimulus package, set aside all the other benefits.
As always, the republicans and unqualified media let folks locked in a box. ruling out the positive effects.
The most promising deficit-cut of government : Slashing the destructive war & military waste
1. Slashing the destructive war & military waste alone supposedly could be enough to balance the budget.
Energy Independence : An Only Way to Desperately-Needed Job Growth
1. My response to the question : where are jobs ?
In the trade deficit, exactly in the severe and persistent oil money spill, taboo of " do not add to the deficit" party.
2. Under the existing Bush tax cut for lavish bonus parties, a sole job plan for the republicans, the country already saw millions of job cuts.
i dont get why he doesnt land at point mugu or camp pendelton or any military base???? Then helicopter over to usc? Why such a production??!!! And why fundraise for that ol crock boxer? 28 years and she needs fundraising money?!!!!puleeeeeeeezzzzzzz!!!!!