Obama mingles with the crowd during his campaign visit at GJHS.

Obama speaks to a large crowd at GJHS.

Overhead view of the GJHS gym during Obama’s speech.

Obama mingles with the crowd during his campaign visit at GJHS.

The Grand Junction High School banner was in plain view.

Susan Breckenridge, left, was proud to attend the president’s speech on Wednesday with her 17-yar-old daughter, Destiny.

President Obama gestures toward the side audience.

President Obama takes the stage as Grand Junction constituents wait to listen to his campaign speech.

The crowd is ready for the president at the old gym at Grand Junction High School.

With tears in her eyes, a GJ woman hugs President Obama.

Obama speaks at Grand Junction High School during his 2012 campaign.

Obama speaks at Grand Junction High School during his 2012 campaign.

Obama speaks at Grand Junction High School during his 2012 campaign.

The president pauses to wave the crowd.

Obama mingles with the crowd at GJHS

Obama mingles with the crowd at GJHS

Obama mingles with the crowd at GJHS

Obama mingles with the crowd at GJHS

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The crowd is led in the Pledge of Allegiance.

A man smiles down at a young boy as the two stand beneath a giant American flag while waiting for President Obama to arrive at the Grand Junction High School gym.

Travis Fletcher of Grand Junction holds his 1-month-old son Will dressed in a “Secret Service” onesie as the pair wait for the president to speak at the Grand Junction High School gym.

The old gym at GJHS fills up with Obama supporters.

Stage where President Obama will speak.

Police tape and campaign signs line a street during Obama’s visit.

The presidential motorcade speeds down 7th Street on its way to GJHS.

An officer directs an young woman with a toddler in a stroller not the cross the street.

Conservative line 7th Street to wish Obama a speedy trip out of town.

Conservative voters march toward GJHS, hoping to voice their opinions to President Obama upon his arrival.

Natalie Myers holds up a sign in support of the coal industry.

Joseph Velarde and Jonathon Vigil were the first lined up outside Grand Junction High School for President Obama’s visit to Grand Junction on Wednesday. Velarde and Vigil started the line at 4:45 a.m.

Colorado constituents lineup in their wait to hear President Obama speak.

People try to stay in the shade as they wait for Obama’s appearance.

Folding chairs and umbrellas help supporters endure the long wait.

Ticket holders wait in line to enter the Grand Junction High School gym for President Obama’s speech beyond a bulldozer, which has been moved into place to block access to Fifth Street from Kennedy Avenue today.

Ray Scott, left talks with Jason Chaffetz a US Rep R-Utah at Sherwood Park before the President Obama talks at GJHS.

A message to President Obama was cut into an alfalfa field southeast of the Grand Junction Regional Airport by artist Stan Herd for Protect the Flows, a network of more than 500 businesses across the West that depend upon the Colorado River and its tributaries.

A pair of women heading to the office to register for the fall semester walk by stacks of fencing waiting to be set up Tuesday in front of the old gym at Grand Junction High School as campaign crews prepare for President Obama’s visit to the high school today. No Parking signs already lined both sides of Fifth Street for several blocks.