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Michelle Obama Speaks at UW-La Crosse on behalf of Barack Obama

Presenter(s):Default Presenter

Date:2/19/2008

Time:4:04 PM CST

Length:48 Minutes 16 Seconds

Description:Michelle Obama spoke to a crowd of around 700 at Valhalla, Cartwright Center-Gunning Addition, Monday, Feb. 18.
Candidates and their representatives for the presidential nomination campaigned in La Crosse and at UW-L in preparation for the Wisconsin primary on Tuesday, Feb. 19. Chelsea Clinton fielded questions on behalf of Sen. Hillary Clinton in Cartwright Center and visited Cecilia Manrique’s POL 205 Women and Politics class. Actor Brandon Routh and Actor Kal Penn were in the Cleary Alumni & Friends Center campaigning for Sen. Barack Obama. Former President Bill Clinton spoke for 90 minutes to a crowd of over 2,000 in UW-L’s Recreational Eagle Center on Valentine’s Day. Also in La Crosse were Gov. Mike Huckabee, who spoke at the La Crosse Center, and Sen. John McCain, who talked at the Radisson Hotel. The Wisconsin primary is Feb. 19.