Obama Spent Hours At Chicago Fundraisers Before Turning Attention To Ft. Hood Shooting

President Obama was a little busy doing something not too unusual for a president when news broke of the shootings at Fort Hood. Obama, in his sixth year in office, had embarked on a quiet fundraising trip that is typically an overlooked event by the press pool who must follow around the commander in chief and report on the seemingly trivial details — but the day in the life of a journalist is a piece of information most Americans may wish they were aware of.

While last night’s trip to Chicago fundraising parties may not have fazed the press pool, the trip gives a different angle of President Obama’s daily agenda; one that Americans following Wednesday’s shooting may be surprised to know was not cut short despite the crisis on a Texas military base.

The president was in Ann Arbor, Mich. Wednesday afternoon, where he discussed the economic benefits of raising the federal minimum wage to $10.10 an hour. 
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