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-thousand supporters from hearing the president speak.
Meredith Machler, left the packed soccer field-- excited for another four years.
“I like that he has a plan to help us, to get us out of this recession,” she said.
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.
“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!”said Obama.
President Obama has visited Florida 10 times just this year.