The market speaks! Tickets to mingle with the first lady are selling for 50 percent more than a similar event with the commander-in-chief.
President Obama hosted a cocktail reception for Illinois Senate candidate Alexi Giannoulias at the Drake hotel in Chicago the other night with tickets starting at $500. But at a fund-raiser for Giannoulias hosted by Michelle Obama this Wednesday at the University Club of Chicago, tickets start at $750.