More photos from President Obama's Strongsville visit

Orlando Pace, Ted Kennedy, Sandy Alomar, Art Linkletter, Kobe Bryant, Jerry from Ben & Jerry's, John McCain, LeBron James...
And the list goes on and on. One of the "perks" of this job is all of the different places that the news takes you and all the people you photograph and sometimes meet in the process.
When President Obama made his visit to Lorain County Community College and rsvp was made for Jason Singer and I to cover the event. Due to a snafu with our arrival coupled with the President arriving early we were unable to get into his town hall meeting. Once the President arrived early, they shut down the media check in. Singer and I watched it from a big screen in an LCCC theatre. I'm pretty sure it wasn't like it would have been actually being there.
I was pretty upset with my failed attempt at doing something I had always wanted to do — photograph a Presidential event. Maybe not a priority for some, but for this small-town newspaper photographer, it is.
We were pretty close during the campaign when Senator John McCain came to Sandusky's Washington Park and met Joe the Plumber for the first time. It was a big deal for Sandusky and a very big deal for reporter Cory Frolik who took a ride on the Straight Talk Express and interviewed the Republican candidate for president.
The former Democratic candidate and now President Barack Obama announced his second trip to Ohio in two months. And it was scheduled for Strongsville, less than an hour away from Sandusky. I was not going to let this opportunity slip away...again.
I planned on getting to Strongsville earlier than we had to Lorain. But I had a small scare when I drove up to where the media parking was supposed to be and was told they had let in all the media they were going to let in for the event. I was able to check in with plenty of time, the President was punctual again, and here are some of the photos that didn't make today's Sandusky Register. I have also included a video of the event provided by the White House.