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ORLANDO, Fla. – Declaring "we are going to get this done," an emotional Michelle Obama rallied a central Florida crowd Monday night, telling supporters on the eve of the election that it's "all on the line" Tuesday.
"Your president is nowhere near satisfied," she said, making the pitch for a second term for her husband, President Barack Obama.
The first lady has maintained a busy schedule visiting key swing states since the Democrats' national convention in Charlotte, N.C., in September.
Here in an Orlando park, she made her final solo campaign appearance of the 2012 cycle.
"Together, slowly but surely, we have been pulling ourselves out of that hole that we started in," Obama said, casting her husband's first term in office as a difficult but productive road to economic recovery.
Though she didn't mention Republican nominee Mitt Romney, she warned against moving backward, touting her husband's overhaul of the health care system and regulation of the financial industry.
The campaign estimated the crowd at 2,600. The decision to hold the first lady's final rally here in Central Florida is no doubt tied to the campaign's strategy to win the state's 29 electoral votes.
Both the Obama and Romney campaigns have poured tens of millions into advertising in the Sunshine State, hoping to win the so-called "I-4 corridor," a key part of the Florida puzzle.
Obama was joined on stage Monday by Sen. Bill Nelson and Puerto Rican-born performer Ricky Martin.
Nelson, who is leading in polls against his Republican challenger, U.S. Rep. Connie Mack, made a pitch for support in Spanish.
Almost 4.5 million people in Florida have already cast ballots, taking advantage of early and absentee voting opportunities here. The latest data from the Florida Secretary of State's office shows that Democrats have cast 1,915,630 votes – giving them a lead against Republicans, who have cast 1,747,977 votes.
But Michelle Obama warned that the president needs every vote he can get.
"Don't let anybody push you out of line," the first lady said, telling those who haven't voted yet to get to the polls early. "Don't let any delays deter you."
Michelle Obama was scheduled to appear later Monday with her husband in Des Moines, Iowa.
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The prediction is Obama will have an early lead until the Republicans get off work
What line would that be Michelle? The one to get your food stamps because your husbands policies have increased poverty and food stamp usage? Or the line to get FEMA benefits that are currently non-existant after 8 days of a lousy response to Hurricane Sandy? Maybe the line that should have been loading aboard Blackhawks and C-130's to save our Ambassador and the Navy Seal in Benghazi but you're husband ordered to be stood down? Maybe the 23 million unemployed (yes there is 23 million-both collecting UE Benefits and the ones who have quit looking, or have accepted part-time jobs) because real jobs are non-existant under this President? Or maybe the line of children behind the children of 25 other nations who get a better education than ours do. The only line I want to see you and your husband in is the one where you say good-bye to the staff as you move your butts back to Chicago!
What in the world is this lady talking about? The only people who are doing the shoving is democrats. Crazed liberal progressives in a panic because Obama is going to LOSE!
Wow. Could the Obama supporters on this site be any nastier? Makes the Obama-ites almost look like...bullies. Yet the only stories making headlines regarding purported voter suppression or manipulation involve the Dems - like the Dem congressman (from Ohio?) who's son and campaign manager explicitly explain on tape how to register multiple times in different locations so you can vote repeatedly... the Black Panthers popping up at polling stations in paramilitary garb (at which they are not registered to vote), letters sent to registered Republicans telling them they are not able to vote because of some imaginary snafu, robo calls to registered Republicans providing incorrect information on voting dates, hours, requirements, Dems in Texas inside polling locations handing out information on Obama and refusing to leave and moving declared Obama voters to the front of the line, etc. Not hearing anything at all about any Republicans shoving anyone out of line...
Don't worry honey, no Black Panthers were at my polling place this morning, so I was not pushed out of line.
...and as usual, I presented a photo ID without any bytching and whining.
I cannot wait until your fat ass is on it's way back to Chicago.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Republicans sure are funny.
"Your president is nowhere near satisfied,"
AWWW, did I disappoint our ELECTED OFFICIAL? Guess what, more problematic for this election, HE DISAPPOINTED ME.
I'm not sure why I would be worried that HIS satisfaction is relevant... which one of us works for the other one again? Did he forget already?
I noticed in the pic that Michelle still has that dip of snuff in her lower lip.
Obviously she meant the buffet line.
What Michelle? You mean do get in their face like your husband wants his followers to do? I hope this nightmare of trashiness is gone soon.
Hey Michelle, it would take a whole lot to push us white folks out of the line this year! There aren't enough Black panthers out there for that to happen. But thanks for your concern.
Mooch-elle's right for once. We are going to get this Done. Start Packing Moochy-GOOD RIDDANCE!
the true colors of the GOP and its right wing supporters - all wide open for everyone to see in all its ugliness.
I can see why you feel marginalized by that post.
The colors you seem to perceive are not just the GOP's. You need light to see colors and thats understandably difficult for a dimocrat.
I can see quite clearly, thank you very much.
So much divisiveness and hatred ........ the GOP really have done a number on us.
The Klan must be loving this.
Divisiveness and hatred are current hallmarks of the Democrat Party and, particularly, Barack H. Obama, who lied when he said he would be president of an America that was neither red or blue. A blind person could discern that.
Oh, and the KKK? The Democrats created it after the Civil War to intimidate and kill blacks and whites who dared be part of the newly founded Republican Party.
Their heirs? The Dixiecrats, including former KKK muck-a-muck and the late Robert C. Byrd.
Michelle Obama is inciting ugliness by saying, "Don't let anybody push you out of line."
And how's that?
She's planting a seed of something of which I've never heard -- that doesn't mean, of course, it hasn't happened -- and hoping it'll blossom into something.
She and her husband remain the clearest and most present dangers to our Republic, along with those who'll vote for them today.
So the first dumbnig thinks people are pushing others out of line?????? WTF is wrong with these people in the whitehouse?
Michelle, can't wait to push your rear end out the white house door, and remember don't let the door hit you in the a--.
Flordians to Michelle Obama: The eviction notice is served. Please leave the lightbulbs and doorknobs, don't superglue the cabinet doors, and dont let the door hit you on the butt as you depart.
Moochelle, the best thing that could happen is to send you and Barry back to Chicago via Greyhound.
Goopers have no comprehension skills and are so filled with hate, its pitiful.
The first lady in encouraging people to stand up, get to the polls, and let no-one push them out of line, meaning, don't let anyone stop you - Is now somehow 'inciting ugliness'
How?
Goopers still have a problem with civil rights, and a persons right to vote.
And now we have the seriously idiotic right wing telling us Obama is going to take away our rights, and that we should be prepared to fight to protect these rights.
Please do tell, should we not all be fighting to protect our civil liberties, and civil rights, our freedoms, and our right to vote!?
I wonder if that half baked wife of mitt Romney got up and said in her little Romneyete voice 'now hear this folks, don't let anyone stop you from voting today' - would there be any of this racially insensitive nonsense being spewed about!?
Goopers know no bounds when it comes to hypocrisy!
Ahhh .. The bounds of Hipocracy!
An exceeding of which is immediatly apparent in virtually every utterence of the 'savior of the nation' , the 'bearer of truth, equality and vision', 'protector of the citizenry and thier defenders', 'redeemer of our economic salvation' and 'champion of the entitlements' ?
Tripe obviously appeals to you, but you should really expand both your menu and your mind for more balance, and refrain from serving it endlessly to others.
you have been served.
I am so tired of the class warfare, racial warfare, and unbridled anger this poor excuse for a leader and his wife have that it makes me sick!
We don't need a mouthpiece, we need a LEADER, and Obama ain't it!
She seems to allude a problem with being pushed out of line exists.
If I ever feel the need to vomit, I just think about Michelle O. She's as sweet as syrup of ipecac.
Michelle, that's Democrat tactics.
OBAMA WON RE-ELECTION! Now go eat your racist posts. Thank you.
Scott Loiselle, we don't need a Fuhrer or Leader or whatever you want to call it. We need a President who cares about the middle class. And Obama is definitely it.