Second Palin event added May 12 in Chicago area

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The Illinois GOP, aware that Sarah Palin would be in the Chicago area for a 7 PM event May 12 sponsored by Christian radio station WIND, decided to take advantage of the opportunity. So the state Republicans were able to secure her appearance at a party fundraiser they scheduled for the Westin O'Hare in Rosemont for 4 PM to 6 PM earlier that same day:

For $25,000 donated or raised, a donor gets to be part of a private round table during the first half hour, including a photo. A $10,000 donation or fundraising bundle nets a photo and participation in the next half hour's VIP reception.

A general reception will follow at $500 per person or $750 per couple, but no photo.

State Republicans just had a successful fundraiser last week featuring National Republican Chairman Michael Steele.

Friday, Gov. Palin helped the Lane County Republican Party raise $200,000 in Eugene, Oregon's most liberal city. Now she's venturing again behind Democrat lines into Obama territory in support of the Illinois GOP. The governor may also be sending a not too subtle message to the RNC by cheerfully working with state and local party organizations, but when the Republican National Committee put her name on an invitation suggesting that she might attend a series of committee fundraising events timed to coincide with April's Southern Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans, she asked to have it removed, bringing to mind that line in the old Verizon wireless ads, "Can you hear me now?"

Ticket information for the Rosemont fundraiser is here.

- JP