President Barack Obama in Green Bay
A down home meeting
A down home meeting
In 2007-2008, Barack Obama’s quest for the U.S. Presidency attracted increasing amounts of
attention and larger and larger crowds as he began to overtake front-runner Hillary Clinton,
began to rack up primary win after primary win, clinched the Democratic nomination and won the
November 2008 election becoming the 44th president of the United States. The crowds came to a
climax in January 2009 when 1.8 million people or more witnessed him being sworn in as
President. While at the beginning it was relatively easy to shake his hand, by the time he
became President, Barack Obama was shielded from the press of his adoring supporters.
Yet President Barack Obama is a populist-style President who gains inspiration and energy from
the lives of ordinary Americans. While the necessary precautions must be instituted for his safety,
President Barack Obama is determined not to become a captive of the Washington Beltway.
On June 11, President Barack Obama came to Green Bay’s Southwest High School for a town
hall meeting on healthcare reform. Over 1,000 people surrounded President Obama on three
sides in the school’s gymnasium. The President stood on a platform and delivered about 20
minutes of remarks on healthcare and then took five questions from audience members. President
Obama was relaxed as he fielded the questions and interacted with members of the audience.
He was clearly in his element interacting with the people who helped him get elected.
— Jonathan Gramling
attention and larger and larger crowds as he began to overtake front-runner Hillary Clinton,
began to rack up primary win after primary win, clinched the Democratic nomination and won the
November 2008 election becoming the 44th president of the United States. The crowds came to a
climax in January 2009 when 1.8 million people or more witnessed him being sworn in as
President. While at the beginning it was relatively easy to shake his hand, by the time he
became President, Barack Obama was shielded from the press of his adoring supporters.
Yet President Barack Obama is a populist-style President who gains inspiration and energy from
the lives of ordinary Americans. While the necessary precautions must be instituted for his safety,
President Barack Obama is determined not to become a captive of the Washington Beltway.
On June 11, President Barack Obama came to Green Bay’s Southwest High School for a town
hall meeting on healthcare reform. Over 1,000 people surrounded President Obama on three
sides in the school’s gymnasium. The President stood on a platform and delivered about 20
minutes of remarks on healthcare and then took five questions from audience members. President
Obama was relaxed as he fielded the questions and interacted with members of the audience.
He was clearly in his element interacting with the people who helped him get elected.
— Jonathan Gramling