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First Lady Michelle Obama will headline a nationwide get-together tonight at “Women for Obama” house parties where she will be on a conference call to some 1,000 different house parties across the nation.
Tonight’s event is just one in a series of outreach activities signaling the First Lady’s efforts in taking on a more visible role in the President’s re-election campaign.
Mrs. Obama’s efforts couldn't have come at a better time than now as women's issues have emerged as a key area of debate in this year's presidential race. The controversy over women’s reproductive rights, in particular, has brought women’s issues to forefront as Republican legislators have begun pushing an ugly, anti-women agenda in recent weeks, and women of all backgrounds, religions, and political persuasions have begun pushing back.
During the conference call, the First Lady is expected to discuss the progress the Obama Administration has made over the past three years and address what goals remain. She is also expected to remind the Obama volunteers of why it is so important to work to get President Obama reelected so that he may build on his list of accomplishments—including signing of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act—a major step forward for women's equality—and his leadership in passing historic health reform that now gives women access to a wide range of preventive health services, including contraception, mammograms, and well-woman visits, all without a co-pay.
During the month of February, Mrs. Obama has hit the road--both formally and informally--to tout both her message of women's fitness and health, and President Obama’s huge list of accomplishments. On yesterday, the First Lady Michelle Obama headlined a major donor fund-raiser lunch for an Obama "Women and Technology" event in Washington before welcoming a group of students to a Blues at the White House event in celebration of Black History Month.
If Twitter activity is any indication, then volunteers across America appear to be excited about the First Lady’s anticipated participation in the Women for Obama conference call and house parties.
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