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ByABC News
May 4, 2007, 10:04 AM

— -- The newly protected Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., is in New York City Thursday evening after taking care of Senate business on Wednesday. The senator's wife -- Michelle Obama -- is in New York Thursday for a closed press women's reception at the Harvard Club which started at 5:00 pm ET.LINK

On Friday, Obama remains in New York for closed press fundraisers.

Out in Reagan Country, all six-foot, six-inches of Fred Thompson offers reporters who went to Southern California for Thursday's GOP debate an irresistible opportunity on Friday to look at whether the Law & Order actor has the potential to shake-up the GOP race.