2012 Presidential Campaign Blog

Obama for America Releases New Video: “Forward”

Obama for America Releases New Video: “Forward”

CHICAGO, IL -- Obama for America today released a new seven-minute video titled “Forward”  highlighting President Obama's accomplishments during his first three years in office.

The video outlines the challenges America faced as President Obama took office at the height of the worst recession in almost a century and details the progress that has been made reclaiming the security of the middle class and building an economy that's meant to last, where hard work pays and responsibility is rewarded.

This video, which will serve as an important grassroots organizing tool through the course of the general election, will be played live during the President's first campaign rallies next Saturday in Ohio and Virginia.

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Excerpts of Vice President Joe Biden's Remarks at New York University

EXCERPTS OF THE VICE PRESIDENT’S SPEECH

CHICAGO, IL -- Today Vice President Joe Biden will deliver remarks at New York University in New York City on the President’s commitment to keeping Americans safe and our nation secure. In his speech, the Vice President will describe how, under President Obama’s leadership, we have successfully confronted our enemies and strengthened our alliances to effectively meet the challenges we face overseas. The Vice President will contrast the Administration’s record with the empty rhetoric of Governor Mitt Romney, who continues to distort and mischaracterize the President’s accomplishments on foreign policy and national security without offering policy alternatives of his own. Earlier this morning, Obama for America released its newest “Mitt Romney vs. Reality” video which highlights Romney’s weak foreign policy record and can be seen here.

The event is the fifth in a series of remarks that the Vice President has delivered across the country on issues that will be at the core of the general election and the choice America will make in November about the future we want for this country. This event is sponsored by the NYU College Democrats.

EXCERPTS OF THE SPEECH BELOW

Today, I want to talk about an American president’s single most important responsibility – keeping our fellow citizens safe and our nation secure at a time of extraordinary challenge and change.  On this fundamental issue, the contrast between President Obama’s record and Governor Romney’s rhetoric could not be greater.

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Three and a half years ago, when President Obama and I took office, our nation had been engaged in two wars for the better part of a decade.  Al Qaeda was resurgent and Osama bin Laden was at large.  Our alliances were dangerously frayed.  And our economy – the foundation of our nation’s security – was on the precipice of a new depression.

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President Obama ended the war in Iraq responsibly.  He set a clear strategy and end date for the war in Afghanistan.  He cut in half the number of Americans serving in harm’s way.  He decimated Al Qaeda’s senior leadership.  He repaired our alliances and restored America’s standing in the world.  And he saved our economy from collapse with bold decisions, including the rescue of the automobile industry – and that has made us stronger abroad.

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If you are looking for a bumper sticker to sum up how President Obama has handled what we inherited, it’s pretty simple:  Osama bin Laden is dead and General Motors is alive.

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Governor Romney’s national security policy would return us to the past we have worked so hard to move beyond.  In this regard, it is no different than what Governor Romney has proposed for our economy – taking us back to the failed policies that got us into the mess President Obama has dug us out of.

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Governor Romney is counting on our collective amnesia.  But Americans know that we cannot afford to go back to the future.  Back to a foreign policy that would have America go it alone… shout to the world you’re either with us or against us… lash out first and ask the hard questions later, if at all… isolate America instead of our enemies…waste hundreds of billions of dollars and risk thousands of American lives on an unnecessary war… and see the world through a Cold War prism that is totally out of touch with our times.

Barack Obama Campaign to hold First Rallies of 2012 in Columbus, Ohio & Richmond, Virginia on Saturday, May 5th

Barack Obama Campaign to hold First Rallies of 2012 in Columbus, Ohio & Richmond, Virginia on Saturday, May 5th

Barack Obama Organizing for America Minnesota Saint Paul Field Office Grand Opening on Sunday, May 6, 2012

Organizing for America's Minnesota State Headquarters and Saint Paul Field Office Opening

Doors open at 2:15 and the program begins at 3:00pm.

Sunday, May 6, 2012 2:15 PM - 4:30 PM

Saint Paul Organizing for America Office
920 Selby Ave
Saint Paul, MN 55104
 
The office is located 3 blocks east of Lexington at the corner of Milton and Selby.

OBAMA FOR AMERICA ANNOUNCES GRAND OPENING OF OFA-MN FIELD OFFICE & STATE HEADQUARTERS IN ST. PAUL

ST PAUL – On Sunday, May 6th, at 2:30 PM, Sen. Franken and Rep. Betty McCollum will join Organizing for America Minnesota (OFA-MN) staff and volunteers to hold the grand opening of the St. Paul field office and statewide campaign headquarters.  The field office will serve as the community hub for the organization’s activities in the St. Paul area and is the fourth OFA-Minnesota office to open in the state.

Since the launch of the re-election campaign in April, OFA-Minnesota staff and volunteers have held trainings, planning sessions, team meetings, house parties, canvasses and phone banks with communities around the state. Sunday’s office opening will be an opportunity for the President’s supporters to come together with friends and neighbors to discuss the important choice facing voters this November: between moving our country forward with President Obama to create jobs and invest in things like education and infrastructure to create an economy that’s built to last; or going backwards, to a time when a select few could write their own rules -- back to the policies that got us into this economic mess in the first place.

Who:                   

Senator Al Franken
Rep. Betty McCollum
St. Paul City Councilmember Melvin Carter
OFA-MN volunteers, supporters of President Obama                            

What: Grand Opening of the OFA-MN Field Office and statewide headquarters in St. Paul

When: Sunday, May 6, 2012 at 2:30pm. Program begins at 3:00pm.

Where:              

OFA-MN St. Paul Field Office
920 Selby Avenue, St. Paul

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