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President Barack Obama will be in the Seattle area for two fundraisers on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

President Obama stays overnight in the Puget Sound

BY KIRO Radio Staff  on July 24, 2012 @ 5:31 am (Updated: 7:06 pm - 7/24/12 )

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President Barack Obama is spending the night in Seattle on Tuesday.

The president is in town for a set of private fundraisers on the Eastside.

He arrived shortly before 6 p.m. in Seattle after a stop in Portland, Ore.

The first event the president is attending will be a $32,500 a couple dinner held at former Costco CEO Jim Senegal's home. The second event will be a less pricey affair for around 200 people.

No public events have been planned for the visit, which is part of a West Coast campaign swing.

The president is expected to spend the night in Bellevue and head out from Boeing Field on Wednesday morning.

This will be the president's fourth recent visit to Seattle. This visit is expected to raise around $2 million for his reelection campaign.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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  • It's me! Ha ha! wrote...
    Great!
    July 24, 2012 5:55 am
    How much more will the Dear Leader cost us Americans until January?
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  • Integrator wrote...
    Great!
    July 24, 2012 6:26 am
    Where were you when George Bushie Jr. took more than half of every year as vacation? not just during election years either. Humans have such short memories...
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  • Sean wrote...
    Integrator, if you believe that...
    July 24, 2012 10:48 am
    I have some "beachfront property" you might be interested in...
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  • fartforce1 wrote...
    ?8 o
    July 24, 2012 9:39 am
    nufsaid
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  • Zagnut wrote...
    Sounds like he's going to have a nice time with the one percenters.
    July 24, 2012 6:09 am
    .
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  • Rotary Engine 101 wrote...
    I wounder???
    July 24, 2012 6:23 am
    How many hookers the SS had paid last night and may be tonight??? L0L..
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  • SickofSeattleite wrote...
    i like how he takes time to hear from all the people
    July 24, 2012 6:27 am
    of the country....oh wait, i guess only the people with the campaign money. All the rest of us are just supposed to HOPE for a balanced budget and HOPE that he stops redistributing the so called wealth we have.... as i struggle to feed my children my neighbors feed their obese ones for free while they sit around on their unemployed butts and watch TV. America, heck yah!
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  • CldWtrSrf wrote...
    Well Duh
    July 24, 2012 8:10 am
    We are all just Peasants to the likes of Obama and Mittens and all the politicians. If we can't afford a $30,000 dollar plate of food to see them, we are garbage to them. They all have disgust in their hearts for us working people, we are just worthless eaters to them.
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  • don over taxed wrote...
    oblamo's stay again
    July 24, 2012 7:32 am
    Can you believe the 1%ers in this area can be taken by this scam artist again and again..he will be back here a couple of more times before November.
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  • Paul Kersey wrote...
    For the 1%ers, it's an investment
    July 24, 2012 8:11 am
    and they expect a great return on their investment. They aren't the ones getting scammed.

    May be time to cut up my Costco card.

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  • SeattleNative wrote...
    Let's see...
    July 24, 2012 8:30 am
    Obama's held over 100 fundraisers thus far this year.

    He's held ZERO meetings with his jobs council.

    Yup, he's got his priorities straight.

    And regarding GWB, his "vacations" were spent at his ranch, at the time known as "White House West". At least he made the conscious decision to stop golfing while our soldiers were in harm's way.

    Liberals have such selective memories...

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  • gomariners wrote...
    Costco
    July 24, 2012 9:18 am
    ...so will he tell the guy that built Costco that he really didn't build it, the gov did? “If you got a business, you didn’t build that. Somebody else made that happen,” Obama said. "If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help. There was a great teacher somewhere in your life. Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive."
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  • CH wrote...
    At least he made the conscious decision to stop golfing while our soldiers were in harm's way. Did you ever who think who put the soldiers were in harm's way? . . . .
    July 24, 2012 9:21 am
    How much more will the Dear Leader cost us Americans until January? If it was Mittens we will never know. Can't wait until he's returns are released. Even the Republicans have not given up to blow him out of the water. That should end his run to the WH. Looks like the GOP man will be Ron Paul.
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  • CldWtrSrf wrote...
    Ron Paul would be great
    July 24, 2012 9:43 am
    If the Republican Establishment wasn't so corrupt. Ron Paul is the only one that will beat Emperor Obama, Mittens doesn't stand a chance because Romney and Obama are the SAME.
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  • fartforce1 wrote...
    Welcome!
    July 24, 2012 9:42 am
    To the rest of you, all leaders take time to raise money., and they wind up doing the work of the donators not the people. If you want to fix that problem then " publicly funded elections. " Until then, you have nothing to complain about.
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  • HPD 5-0 wrote...
    Between collecting bribes...er..."campaing contributions"...
    July 24, 2012 10:31 am
    ...the myriad rounds of golf...and traveling the world on my dime, I'm surprised this guy's has had enough free time to totally destroy a country.
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  • Cbrew wrote...
    HPD 5-0 - you're the biggest whack-job on here
    July 24, 2012 11:43 am
    you realize that right? You're a pathetic excuse for a human being. You just hate everything that's not exactly in line with your precious republican't party. You're sad dude, i really hope you're not an actual cop, though considering how many @s%#ole cops i've met... you would be right along the ideological lines i remember from those idiots... guess i shouldn't expect any more... anyways... enjoy watching Mitt lose.
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