Michelle Obama campaigning in Pueblo

Michelle Obama is bringing her political star power back to Colorado for two events.

The president’s wife addressed about 2,800 supporters at Arapahoe High School in Centennial. She thanked supporters and urged them to keep working to re-elect her husband. Michelle Obama also talked about improving education and helping
students afford college.

Michelle Obama also spoke to a crows of about 1,000 supporters at the Fairground in Pueblo on Wednesday.

The First Lady touted her husband’s accomplishments over the past 3 1/2 years.

“Our president is awesome. And we’re not just here because we want to win an election — and we do and we will. We’re doing this because of the values we share and the vision we have for this country,” said the First Lady.

Mrs. Obama also talked up the president’s new deportation policy.

“He believes it’s time to stop denying young people opportunities just because they are the children of undocumented immigrants,” said Mrs. Obama.

She also asked campaign volunteers to continue to spread the president’s word of change.

“This is a make or break moment. This election is even closer than the last,” she said.

A group of protesters lined up along the street outside the state fairgrounds. The rally focused on the president’s policies.

Many held signs that read, “Lost Jobs, Lost Homes, Lost Retirement.”

Off the campaign trail, Michelle Obama stopped in Colorado Springs last month to applaud more than 200 U.S. servicemen for their courage at the 2012 Warrior Games.

Michelle Obama was campaigning in Nevada on Tuesday. It was her third visit of the year to that swing state.