<div id="subtitle">Obama raises millions for Democrats at 2 Chicago stops</div><div><p>President Barack Obama raised millions of dollars Thursday for Democratic candidates in next year's elections, making a side trip to his hometown of Chicago after pushing for health care changes in Cleveland.</p><p>The president made two fundraising stops to aid the Democratic National Committee. More than 100 people paid $15,200 each to dine and see the president at the home of fundraiser Penny Pritzker.</p><p>A larger group paid $250 to $2,500 each to attend an event at a downtown hotel. Democratic officials said they expected the two events to yield as much as $3 million.</p><p>Obama urged both audiences to back his proposed health care changes, which are facing resistance in Congress.</p><p>At Pritzker's home, he said the opposition "gets on my nerves. It frustrates me that we'd even be suggesting the status quo is the best we can do."</p><p>At the second fundraiser, Obama said the nation must not return to a pattern of cutting taxes for the wealthy and letting the deficit soar, "a path where our health care costs keep rising" and "our financial markets remain an unregulated crapshoot."</p><p>All 435 House seats are up for grabs next year, along with a third of the U.S. Senate's seats and many governorships.</p><img src="http://admatch-syndication.mochila.com/images/ad.gif?aid=55453117&bid=informcom" /></div><div id="copyright"><div>

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