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Obama strategists to meet with UW students

Posted March 07, 2012 6:49 am

Associated Press

MADISON, Wis. — Strategists with President Barack Obama’s campaign plan to meet with University of Wisconsin students in Madison on Wednesday.

Former White House press secretary Robert Gibbs and Obama’s national field director Jeremy Bird were to host the student summit. It is part of Obama’s re-election effort to mobilize young people to support him.

College-age voters were a big reason for Obama’s victory in 2008. Obama won Wisconsin by 14 points, but since then Republicans have taken control of the Legislature and governor’s office from Democrats and also now hold a majority of the state’s congressional seats.

Gibbs is a longtime Obama adviser, dating back to his 2004 Senate race. He served as White House press secretary from 2099 until February 2011.

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