Obama scheduled to visit MSU on Thursday
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Editor’s note: This article was corrected to reflect the number of days until Michigan’s voter registration deadline.
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama will hold a rally Thursday at MSU, campaign officials announced before 5 p.m. Monday.
The rally, which is part of the “Change We Need” tour, is scheduled to start at 2:30 p.m. at Adams Field off West Circle Drive.
“Democratic candidates have a history of coming to MSU, and we did expect him to come sooner or later,” MSU College Democrats President Georg Schuttler said. “We’re very excited to have him come, and we really want to be a part of his campaign to the White House.”
Obama will travel around the state Thursday without his running mate, Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del. Obama also is scheduled to speak Thursday morning at Calder Plaza in Grand Rapids.
Obama will encourage students in East Lansing to vote and discuss the financial crisis, according to a campaign press release.
“I think the majority of the issues will be on the economy,” said Kevin Lewis, a spokesman for the Obama campaign.
The Illinois senator’s East Lansing visit is one of many Michigan campaign stops this week, and his first stop at a Michigan university since the Democratic National Convention.
Obama spoke in Detroit on Sunday, and former presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., was in Grand Ledge on Saturday.
“It speaks not only to how important Michigan is to the election, but how much it’s important to the future of the country,” Schuttler said. “Senator Obama realizes this and really wants to demonstrate how important Michigan is to the country as a whole.”
The event comes four days before Michigan’s voter registration deadline on Monday.
Obama’s visit might be the encouragement students need to vote with the democratic ticket, political theory and constitutional democracy senior Christina McNeal said.
“Historically, university students have been the most politically active, but that doesn’t translate into the election because students don’t vote,” she said. “To meet him will encourage (students) to get to the polls.”
McNeal has not decided which candidate will get her vote, but said she would like Obama to talk about the national economic crisis, rising tuition costs and financial aid.
The event is free and open to the public. Admission is on a first-come, first-serve basis, but people can register online at mi.barackobama.com before the event, Lewis said.
Gates will open at 11:30 a.m.
People planning to attend are asked not to bring bags, signs or banners to the rally.
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Pennypacker
(09/29/08 2:51pm)Report
You current Spartans should consider yourselves very fortunate. I was there for the 2000 and 2004 elections and didn’t get the opportunity to see my candidate on Campus talking to US.
lol
(09/29/08 3:13pm)Report
more information would be nice. I am definitely going
lol
(09/29/08 3:16pm)Report
also, is it free for public? do we need tickets? NEED MORE INFO!
SoCal Spartan
(09/29/08 3:21pm)Report
Why did my company not send me back for the workshop during homecoming week. I have been SHAFTED! Kennedy came and spoke at MSU, too. Go figure, and man…I wish I was there…very badly!
Gah
(09/29/08 3:37pm)Report
If I didn’t have a test at 3pm I’d so be going. Stupid teachers.
Obama Supporter
(09/29/08 3:52pm)Report
Doors/gates usually open 2 hours before the event. These events are almost always free and open to the public and do not require a ticket. You can bring a camera but you can’t bring bags and umbrellas are not always allowed (and the event goes rain or shine). Space is first-come first-served.
scott
(09/29/08 4:09pm)Report
I was there in ’92 to see Clinton. It was awesome. Go.
Sarah
(09/29/08 4:30pm)Report
Finally! Goddamn… after all the students he sees out he’s going to wish he would of come sooner!
J. Edward Tremlett
(09/29/08 5:19pm)Report
Oh boy! This should be fun.
I sure hope our friends Dan and Steve and Obama bin Laden come!
I sure hope MSU YAF shows up, too. It would be wonderful to see them get arrested.
(just kidding)
august 27
(09/29/08 5:40pm)Report
For people who may not know, Adams Field is often called Landon Field. It is on the inside of West Circle Drive, west of the Music Building.
I saw Teddy Kennedy at the Union talking for Kerry. I would encourage everyone (regardless of politics) to attend this event.
Tomato Can Drive
(09/29/08 6:32pm)Report
remember to collect rotten tomatoes to throw at obama on thursday!!!
la raza!
dickrod
(09/29/08 6:36pm)Report
Barry Osama is a smoker and aspiring Marxist. Liberals are idiots. If you love socialism so much, move to Cuba.
Joe
(09/29/08 6:38pm)Report
Cool he’s coming here, but why? Obama’s got it sewn up like Betsy mf ROss at MSU, same as every real college in the country
Hahaha. . . neo-cons suck.
(09/29/08 7:01pm)Report
Good thing Palin/Couger and McPrune/McCain aren’t coming to embarrass all the neo-cons. In fact, I hope they’re using their time wisely getting ready for the debates. I hear Palin is getting the dumb beat out of her at a “debate camp”. I mean how ridiculous is that, the woman who is running to be our Vice President and the opportunity to maybe become president has to go to a special little camp to teach her how to talk/debate/not be a complete dolt.
Oh you clever, neo-cons with your socialist remarks and bias, how could I have been so wrong about you, you sure know who you want to rule your pea sized brains.
Hahaha. . . neo-cons still suck.
(09/29/08 7:04pm)Report
BTW, the socialist remarks was meant to mean towards Democrats/Liberals. Because god knows your way of thinking is right. Literally, god right? I mean, that’s who you claim to talk to every night before bed and he sends a strong wind that knocks open your windows to give you a sign that he’s listening to you. I wish I had that instead of logic.
Max
(09/29/08 8:27pm)Report
I will be there!
Max
(09/29/08 8:51pm)Report
Senator Obama will be returning to Michigan this Thursday, October 2nd, to hold Change We Need Rallies in East Lansing and Grand Rapids. The rallies will take place at Michigan State University in East Lansing and at Calder Plaza in downtown Grand Rapids. With less than one week until the October 6th voter registration deadline, Barack Obama will encourage everyone in Michigan to register to vote and lay out how an Obama-Biden administration will turn our economy around and bring about the change Michigan needs.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2ND
CHANGE WE NEED RALLIES WITH BARACK OBAMA
EAST LANSING:
Michigan State University
Adams Field
West Circle Drive
East Lansing, MI 4882
Gates Open at 11:30 am
Program Begins at 2:30 pm
RSVP online at http://mi.barackobama.com/LansingChange
YAF in Black Face
(09/29/08 8:57pm)Report
Tremlett,
According to YAF, they are coming in blackface to the event
Re: Neo-cons Suck
(09/29/08 10:27pm)Report
Hey, to the guy who’s laughing about what he calls “neo-cons”, get it right dude. Neo-cons are radical conservatives who, on the political spectrum of the 21st century, might be considered a modern nazi. Also, if you actually are insinuating that people who are religious are mainstays of the DEMOCRATIC party…you are just lost in a sea of stupidity. Have you ever heard of the Religious Right? Because if you had any idea, you would realize that they are active conservatives, not liberals.
Shut your mouth, you only make yourself look ignorant and as absurd as those crazy YAF racists.
phineas j. whoopie
(09/29/08 11:07pm)Report
man, i hope that all 7 members of yaf don’t show up! how will we ever defeat their superior intellect?
Re: Re:
(09/30/08 12:55am)Report
Neo-cons are radical conservatives who, on the political spectrum of the 21st century, might be considered a modern nazi.
No.
Jason Van Dyke
(09/30/08 1:51am)Report
I wish I could go out there with the YAF guys to protest this idiot, but for this I would actually rather work. These events are set up by security forces to keep protesters out. If it was a bunch of Nation of Islam rent-a-cop thugs hired by Obama then I wouldn’t mind tangling with them. But I have better things to do than deal with the Secret Service agents. Those guys are underpaid enough having to serve as taxpayer funded bodyguards to the self-anointed messiah of the stalinist left. Whatever I could do would most likely not irritate Obama and would irritate them – I definately have better things to do.
Joe Biden
(09/30/08 6:11am)Report
Hahaha. . . neo-cons suck. I’m getting the dumb beat out of me by your governor because I’ve been drinking the democratic kool-aid for so long I couldn’t debate if I tried.
Steve
(09/30/08 6:52am)Report
Jason Van Dyke, I don’t really believe you have anything better to do if you are busy posting things here.
J. Edward Tremlett
(09/30/08 11:03am)Report
“Jason Van Dyke, I don’t really believe you have anything better to do if you are busy posting things here.”
No, he actually has a task to attend to. I believe MSU YAF is actually SUING one of their critics