Obama Comes Back Roaring in Wisconsin http://www.policymic.com/articles/15973/obama-comes-back-roaring-in-wisconsin-after-losing-debate-to-lying-mitt-romney
Obama Comes Back Roaring in Wisconsin After Losing Debate to Lying Mitt Romney
Obama Comes Back Roaring in Wisconsin After Losing Debate to Lying Mitt Romney
The day after a less than stellar performance in the first Presidential Debate, President Obama came to Madison, Wisconsin in order to rally up one of his strongest bases of support in a pivotal swing state.
While the Republicans have not carried Wisconsin since Reagan won every state but Minnesota and Washington D.C. in 1984, Democrat John Kerry won the state by 0.4% in 2004. The Badger State is always hotly contested.
According to the most recent polls, Obama holds a 7.6% lead over Romney. However, the Rasmussen poll has only a 3-point gap between the two candidates. And Mitt Romney’s VP choice of Paul Ryan as VP, who has served the first district of Wisconsin since 1999 and is from Janesville, makes Wisconsin even more of a swing state.
By 7:00 a.m. on this crisp fall day, a sizable crowd had begun to form, and by 11:00 a.m. the line was snaking across Observatory Drive. A palpable excitement permeated throughout Madison, an excitement that Halloween on State Street or an important football game seeks to create. After waiting on a seemingly endless line, the gates opened and 30,000 people flooded onto Bascom Hill.
At around 2:30 p.m., Madison’s Mayor Paul Soglin began by introducing some of the people who were about to speak, and spoke to the crowd about the importance of voting. Next up came State Representative Mark Pocan. Pocan is running for the second district seat, which was formerly held by senatorial candidate Tammy Baldwin. Pocan’s speech was wildly enthusiastic, and was greeted to resounding cheers after all of his emphatic points. One of his major points was the importance of early voting and the ability to early vote, a major theme throughout the afternoon
