Just as I suspected...... unemployment is so high that no one had to take off work to go!

Ha! You are a hoot, Anne!

I completely agree with Anne! What a joke! Absolutely not fair to give out tickets !

Not fair to give out tickets? What does that mean? But as a matter of fact, the tickets were gone within two hours, not five. How do I know? I got in line at 5:00 (when distribution started) and they came out to tell us they were all gone at the Wesley Chapel office at 7:00. There were at least 500 people in line at the Pasco Headquarters. I'm sure there were even more at the Ybor City. And no...I'm not unemployed. I"m just a thinking individual who supports AND respects The President of the United States.

If you are not unemployed how were you able to stand in line whenever and however to get a ticket to see your OWN president???!! What about people who work and can't get off to stand on line for this event or people who don't have a car driving around from one office to the next one until they may get a ticket to see Mr. President! Yeah giving out tickets for only two hours to limited audience is a joke!

I will make a bet ,,, between now and Nov a month will not go by when either one of the candidates will not be in our area. They both will be repeatedly here in the Tampa Bay area ... along the I-4 corridor. Romney was in Orlando, what last week? For a private event. The President is here for a public event.

Hey Torrey..... is that a $10,000 bet? I'm just sayin..... ::wink:: You know, Rick Perry didn't take that bet :)

I also was at the Wesley Chapel headquarters and it was terrible. I also got there around 4;30 pm and the crowd had already build up and about 300 behind us. They knew how many tickets they had so they could have got some scape paper and put numbers on them for as many tickets as they had and passed them out to the people. Then the rest would go on the waiting list sheet. And we all could have went home instead of waiting 3 hour or more. They even called the police and had some cars towed away. I think that was terrible.

Barack, Executive Priviledge will not protect you, now we know it goes all the way up to you, first apologize to Brian Terry's family then to hundreds of Mexican families whose children and Mothers and Fathers were murdered because of Fast & Furious, your Ex. Priviledge will be struck down just like Nixon's was, you are going down for Murder

Bob,
Do a little research please .... Fast and Furious was approved during King George "the Dumb-Ya"s reign ... now the mostly-the-very same Congress that was in on it is trying to prosecute Eric Holder? ... It is a real stinkin' mess and being turned for political spin. A bunch of people need to come into the light for this.

As far as frequent visits by candidates goes as we get closer to the election ... yeah, brace yourself. I think they were down here at least every other week closer to polling day. It gets pretty ridiculous.

Primarily because of all of our Electoral College votes ... you can win big chunks of votes.

This is an institution that, when first introduced to it as a 5th grader, found myself saying "wow, that must have been pretty useful .... right up until the invention of the telegraph".

I still hold that very same opinion .... 40+ years later.

If we ran with a straight-forward "he who gets the most actual votes, gets elected", based on national numbers, it would simplify so much about the elections. Right now, it is more of a game of strategy, and overloads some areas, bypassing many others.

Might actually get the candidates out to some places where a lot of folks who need more time and exposure with them, rather than saturating key locales. It would be an eye-opener for the candidates and better for everyone in general.

I am sure candidates LOVE photo ops of them campaigning in Florida ... where it is some of the prettiest stuff to broadcast. Send them to some places that need a boost.

Wouldn't a better venue of been Side Splitters?

How can I get 2 tickets for St Pete to see President Obama? My E-mail is Isaeaton@verizon.net. Thank you!

I'm waiting for your answer OK or not?

No comment.

Isabelle, your comment is for the June visit in Tampa. I believe we talked on the phone. Here's the link to this weekend's visit - http://patch.com/A-x6s9. Also, you can find phone numbers for local offices at http://www.barackobama.com/fl/feature/office-lookup/.

Unemployment rate falls to 8.1% as jobless Americans give up looking for work!

http://www.dallasnews.com/business/headlines/20120907-unemployment-rate-falls-to-8.1-as-jobless-americans-give-up-looking-for-work.ece

Who hoo great job ObamaChrist!

What America is going to get when and if The President gets another 4 years.

E-mail him and ask him if it is true because it is. You will not get an answer to your question. This has all been fact checked and is true.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wIfI2whjiM

I amazes me how society is viewing what is going on around them. We consistently vote in the two party system year after year, expecting something different to happen- then argue like like kids about the end results.
If Obama, gets re-elected, control will remain with corporate America, and the elite in society. If Romney gets elected, control will remain with corporate America, and the elite in society. It is a two party dictatorship-view it how you want.
I am not a fan of our sitting President, but I take issue to the fact that the republican house showed no partisanship in the last four years-only votes in favor for them to position themselves for a takeover of power. The citizens of this country were never a consideration.
Albert Einstein was quoted as defining insanity by "doing the same thing over and over -expecting different results.
So go ahead, vote for either party in the two party system and expect four more years of pain and suffering, or take a brave step, and vote independant-if it don't work, it is at least a fighting chance from a guaranteed continual loss of our identity.
Have a nice day.

Dane is quite funny and sounds a bit resentful. It is great that so many people want to attend President Obama's events. It is totally worth it. They have to issue tickets so that they can have some order and control. What is so laughable is that Romney and the like trot out these economic stats as if Obama was supposed to have waved some magic wand to get this country out of the manure that the Republlicans got us into. Remember that folks! Eight years of Republican management put this country on the brink and President Obama had to deal with that plus a Republican congress that did zero to help. So, take some responsibility Republicans, since you are always touting responsible government!