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than with fundraisers!


Fresh off the tumultuous debt ceiling debate, President Obama jumps back on the campaign trail today, heading to Chicago for a series of fundraisers tied to his 50th birthday.

Party plans had been tentative to fraught, because Obama's lavish bash was scheduled to take place on the day the government might have defaulted on its obligations (a scheduling note which raised a few eyebrows amid the debt limit uncertainty).

Obama, whose actual birthday is Thursday, will speak to supporters at a fundraising bash at Chicago's historic Aragon Ballroom tonight. He'll share the stage with singer Jennifer Hudson, jazz pioneer Herbie Hancock and the band OK Go.

More than 1,000 supporters are expected to attend the event, where the admission price is a donation ranging from $50 to $35,800. The proceeds will go to Obama's re-election bid and the Democratic National Committee. The high-dollar donors will score face time with the president at an intimate reception during the gala, where they will be allowed to pose for pictures with Obama before he heads back to Washington.

As The Ticket previously reported, it's the second year in a row that Obama has spent his birthday raising political cash. Last year, he spent his 49th in Chicago at a DNC fundraiser, where some donors contributed as much as $30,400 to rub elbows with the president.

The president's campaign expects to raise tens of millions of dollars less this summer than it did in the spring because negotiations over the nation's debt limit forced Obama to cancel several fundraisers.

Obama's campaign said Wednesday it canceled or postponed 10 fundraisers involving the president, Vice President Joe Biden and White House chief of staff Bill Daley in the past month because of the debt talks, scrubbing events in California, New York and elsewhere.

Republicans have accused the president of emphasizing campaign money over governing, criticizing plans for the lavish birthday party.



so it looks like he's trying to stick to his fundraising every third day routine. this has to be the most fundraisingest president ever. i mean truly, it seems like governing simply gets in the way of his fundraising.

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Its the nature of our current political system, and its only ganna get worse thanks to Citizens United.  The whole things disgusting.