1.0 link 155437 <![CDATA[Obama Causes Stir Among Former Colleagues At Durbin's DC Party]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/05/obama-causes-stir-among-f_n_155437.html President-elect elicited a "roar" when he made an unannounced appearance at Sen. Dick Durbin's party for incoming Senators Monday.

From the pool report by the Chicago Tribune's Christi Parsons:


At 7:40 p.m., Obama left the hotel and dropped by Dick Durbin's party at Bobby Van's Steak House.

A roar went up from a crowd of 250 in the atrium outside the restaurant as Obama came in, and PEBO then dove in and mixed with the Durbin friends.

Durbin stayed close behind as Obama...

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