Price to attend Obama's birthday bash: $30,000

Michael Sneed of the Chicago Sun-Times reports:

$$$$$: Happy Birthday, buddy!

Sneed hears real estate mogul Neil Bluhm is tossing a private birthday party here for President Obama, who turns 49 on Aug. 4.

• The shocker: The dinner invite to the Barack bash at Bluhm's home requires a $30,000 donation to the Democratic National Committee!

Will Neil Bluhm and Obama talk about Bluhm's meeting with the late Mayor Rosemont Donald Stephens? Where would Barack Obama be without small campaign contributions! Ha,ha.