Obama Rally

Today I went to an Obama rally. It was at FAMU, which is the university in town that is closest to my house. It was a nice walk to get over there (less than a mile, I'd guess). Michelle Obama and Jill Biden were there to talk to the crowd.

This first picture shows one of the large buildings on the FAMU campus. The podium for the speakers is located under the "Change" sign.


FAMU had it's giant torch on for the event (like FSU's, but a lot less flashy). The Tallahassee Obama campaign folks brought out a sign as well. Lots of people took pictures with the sign.

In this last picture, Michelle Obama is speaking. Unfortunately, she is directly behind the tall cameraman in the white shirt (at the bottom right corner of the "Change" sign), so you cannot see her. The media, with their large cameras, formed an inpenetrable line at the front of the crowd that totally blocked my view. But it was still quite exciting to hear Michelle Obama speak live. She said that since Barack had worked in the community after law school (instead of going to work at a large law firm), they had student loans that they were still paying off until just a couple years ago, when the earnings from his book allowed them to finally pay them off. I feel like we will probably be in the same boat