Dodging Embarrassment Is Obama Goal for Illinois Race
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President Barack Obama, campaigning to shave Republican gains in Congress, arrives in his adopted hometown today to defend one of this election season’s most coveted jewels: his old U.S. Senate seat.
The president’s Chicago appearances at two fundraising events for Alexi Giannoulias mark his second visit in as many months for the Democrat seeking the post Obama once held. First lady Michelle Obama is scheduled to stop home next week to boost Giannoulias.