Obama Flexes Fundraising Muscle in Opening Months of 2012 Campaign

Political Punch:
"The president has attended 18 fundraisers since April 4, many held jointly with the DNC, including three fundraisers in his hometown of Chicago, six in swanky California neighborhoods outside Los Angeles and San Francisco, and three in New York City.

Obama raised more than $127 million in California and New York in 2008, the top two states of donors giving to his campaign. "