President Obama Boosts Giannoulias’

The President speaks at a fundraising event held in Chicago in support of the Greek American senatorial candidate.

Chicago, IL.- President Obama came to his hometown on Thursday to enhance the battle of his basketball teammate Alexi Giannoulias to keep Obama’s old Senate seat in Democratic hands.

“All my friends in the house”, Obama told the cheerful crowd at the Drake Hotel, for a fundraising event for the Greek American senatorial candidate Alexi Giannoulias, followed by a private dinner. Both events enhanced Giannoulias’ war chest with $750,000.

Beyond the presidential visit, first lady Michelle Obama is scheduled to host a fundraising event for the Democratic nominee this coming week in Chicago. Vice President Joseph Biden has headed two fundraisers for Giannoulias.

“I hope you’re fired up in these last few weeks,” the President said. “It’s up to you to defy the conventional wisdom once again.”

Recalling the warm November night in Grant Park when he appeared before a roaring throng as America’s first black president, Obama said that event “just gave us the chance to make change happen. That was the start, not the finish of the journey.”

“Two years later,” he said, “the success of that mission is at stake.”

“I have, still, some sore ribs to prove it,” he said. “And we’ve seen that in the campaign. He just keeps plowing ahead.”......................

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