Michelle Obama, ex-spy Valerie Plame attend Chicago event

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By DEANNA BELLANDI | Associated Press Writer
5:10 PM CDT, May 9, 2008

... "Both of us know a lot about having our lives suddenly turned upside down from private to public in no time," said Valerie Plame, the former CIA operative whose identity was leaked, sparking a federal probe that eventually toppled Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff ...

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, an ardent Obama supporter who attended the Schakowsky event, said he's not concerned Clinton backers will abandon Obama because of any lingering bad feelings over a hard-fought primary ...

Even Plame, who says she is a Clinton supporter, is ready to back whomever is the eventual nominee ...

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-il-powerlunch,0,760054.story

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1. This has to be the oddest story of the campaign. It defies ....

explanation.

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2. Obama, Plame luncheon keeps politics off menu

By: Shia Kapos May 09, 2008

... “We know that the goal is to take back the White House. We know that whoever the nominee is, it’s all about that,” said Cathleen Costello, a Clinton supporter and consultant who represents Emily’s List, an organization that supports pro-choice candidates ...

The senator’s wife .... hinted at the length of her husband’s campaign taking a toll. “There are babies who were born when he announced, who are now walking and talking,” she said ...

http://www.chicagobusiness.com/cgi-bin/news.pl?id=29382