Marathon Pundit: Not going to the inaugural? Try this event

Monday, January 19, 2009

Not going to the inaugural? Try this event

The Chicago Tribune has good news for those of you who will not be traveling to tomorrow's Barack Obama inauguration. There are other events out there, and I want to focus one taking place in Chicago for people who aren't in lockstep with Obama.

Well, you're in luck, because Joe Birkett will be the featured guest at the Chicago Young Republicans' Inaugural After Party, which runs Tuesday from 5:30 to 8 p.m. at Dugan's on Halsted (128 S. Halsted St.; 312-421-7191; $50, $20 for Young Republicans, free for Chicago Young Republicans paid members).

"This is meant not as an anti-Obama event. It's meant as a pro-Joe Birkett event," said Dan Curry, spokesman for the former prosecutor currently weighing a run for governor or attorney general. "It's just a gathering, a get-together, to watch some of the inauguration festivities and launch a loyal opposition to Democratic rule in Illinois."