Barack Obama
Related: About this forumMarc Anthony Joins Obama Efforts With Concert Fund-Raiser, Video
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"Count Marc Anthony among President Obamas growing army of celebrity campaigners leveraging their star power to lure voters to the polls this November.
The actor and chart-topping salsa singer will perform in a fund-raising concert in Miami Beach on June 26 and has released a video targeting Latino voters on Obamas campaign site.
The president will join Anthony for a reception that evening, to be held at the Fillmore Miami Beach at the Jackie Gleason Theater."
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"Enlisting Anthony as a celebrity ambassador is an auspicious move on Obamas part, as the president and his Republican rival, Mitt Romney, jostle to win over a crucial demographic this election season: Latino voters. Choosing a Miami venue was no mistake either, as Florida, where Obama clinched a key victory in 2008, is home to a large Latino population whose voting goals may have been impacted by economic and sociopolitical factors since he took office and could still be swayed.
Anthony, born Marco Antonio Muñiz to Puerto Rican parents in New York, opens his promo video by acknowledging Latinos power at the polls. Latinos are a force that can and will help decide this election, he says."
http://www.thewrap.com/music/article/marc-anthony-joins-obama-efforts-concert-fund-raiser-video-44596
KaryninMiami
(3,073 posts)Anyone else from DU attending? I'll bet there are lots of SoBe3 DU folks-- PM me if you are attending- be fun to say hello!
Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)My sister Kathleen is attending. She lives nearby (on Meridian Ave.) and is going with a bunch of her friends. She's not a DUer though (alas).
KaryninMiami
(3,073 posts)Hope your sister has a great time- and also hope that she is going to volunteer in the campaign! We need lots of help in Florida!
Cha
(297,272 posts)KaryninMiami!! Enjoy it for us, too!
Tarheel_Dem
(31,234 posts)Cha
(297,272 posts)We so appreciate this wealth of celebrities who are fundraising and backing President Obama. They're intelligent and caring human beings.
Who does romney have?.. Kochroaches, Addelson types who care for nothing but themselves and throwing their billions at a sociopathic, pathological Liar. A robotic etch a sketch, BULLY, and a Coward.
[font color=blue][font size=21pts]VIVA BAMA-BIDEN~2012!!
MUCHAS GRACIAS,
MARC ANTHONY!![/font]
Kath1
(4,309 posts)I absolutely love it that so many celebrities are putting their "star power" to work for Obama 2012. I agree that these are caring human beings who love their country, not corporate greedheads.