First lady fires up college crowds as both sides court youth vote

Florida became the battleground for the youth vote Monday, as Michelle Obama and the son of former Gov. Jeb Bush arrived within hours of each other on college campuses in Tallahassee and Gainesville hoping to drum up support for their candidates among pivotal young voters.

The first lady spoke to a standing-room only crowd of 10,750 cheering supporters at the Stephen O'Connell Center at the University of Florida and then darted to Tallahassee to another packed house of 8,850 at the Leon County Civic Center.

"All our hard work, all the progress we've made is all on the line; it's all at stake this November," Obama told a rowdy crowd of supporters in Gainesville. "This election is even closer than the last one, and it could all come down to what happens in just a few battleground states like Florida.''

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