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Tx4obama

(36,974 posts)
Tue Aug 7, 2012, 12:32 AM Aug 2012

Sandra Fluke to introduce President Obama in Denver (Wednesday morning)



In case you needed further proof of the importance of the women’s vote in Colorado this election – and that the Obama campaign is following the 2010 roadmap of U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet – word comes that Sandra Fluke will introduce President Obama at his Denver campaign stop.

Fluke is the Georgetown Law Student who testified before Congress earlier this year in favor of insurance coverage of contraception, and gained national attention when conservative commentator Rush Limbaugh called her a ...

Obama is scheduled to speak at the Auraria Campus in downtown Denver Wednesday morning. While his talk – and other stops in Grand Junction, Pueblo and Colorado Springs – will be focused on his plans for the economy, the Fluke appearance brings to the forefront another area in which the Obama campaign is trying to differentiate its candidate from Mitt Romney.

The campaign recently launched a new television ad that hits Romney on women’s issues, namely his statements that he would eliminate Planned Parenthood, calling Romney “out of touch” on women’s issues.

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http://blogs.denverpost.com/thespot/2012/08/06/sandra-fluke-introduce-obama-denver/77882/




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Sandra Fluke to introduce President Obama in Denver (Wednesday morning) (Original Post) Tx4obama Aug 2012 OP
Smart move. Very smart move. DURHAM D Aug 2012 #1
I'll be driving to the campus on Wednesday morning DavidDvorkin Aug 2012 #2

DavidDvorkin

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2. I'll be driving to the campus on Wednesday morning
Tue Aug 7, 2012, 10:05 AM
Aug 2012

Maybe the traffic will give some indication of attendance.

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