A warm embrace from die-hard fans
President Obama received a warm embrace from his die-hard supporters at a 50th birthday campaign fundraiser in Chicago Wednesday night. The Chicago event kicked off with a concert featuring Jennifer Hudson and OkGo! Tickets range in price from $50 (for the concert) to $35,800 (for VIP seating and dinner with the president).
“After a month when he was battered by both sides of the political aisle in partisan Washington, President Obama returned to his home town a day before his 50th birthday, the first step in reenergizing his embattled base,” the Washington Post’s David Nakamura reported.
Read all about the party here.
Washington Post reporters and bloggers have been covering the landmark occasion in a variety of ways:
Tweets from Obama’s party
Gallery: The best of presidential birthdays
How do you say ‘Happy birthday’ in Russian?
Obama at 50: Older, wiser . . . happier?
Obama hits 50; his approval numbers don’t
Graphic: Coming of age in D.C. politics
Obama’s faces: From baby to president
Obama throws a (big) party
Gallery: Obama’s life in photos
Tom Tole’s caption contest
Birthday cards from Congress
Turning 50 in Washington
Share your birthday milestones
Gallery: Presidents going gray
The First Family
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