President Obama, to no surprise, has picked his hometown of Chicago to host his presidential foundation and library.
Top advisor David Axelrod just sent this email to supporters:
I have exciting news to share, friends:
After months of careful consideration, the Obama Foundation has selected the city that it will call home. In 2017, the President and First Lady will be heading to Chicago. Watch their video message.
Chicago is one of the greatest cities in the world. It is complex, dynamic, storied, and full of potential—a perfect place for the movement we’ve built together over the past eight years to begin its next chapter.
Of course, Chicago holds a very special place in the hearts of the President and First Lady. It was their home before the White House, where they began their family and their careers.
But I won’t tell you how they’re feeling right now—I’ll let you hear it from them. Watch this video and share the good news with your family and friends.
Over the next two years, you and I have the unique opportunity to help lay the groundwork for the Foundation while the President is still in office. Together, we can dream up big plans for the future of the movement we started together.
I look forward to the work ahead, and I’m glad you’re on board.
Thanks,
David Axelrod
White House senior advisor, 2009-11
Senior Strategist, Obama for America ’08 and ’12
Paul Bedard, the Washington Examiner’s “Washington Secrets” columnist, can be contacted at [email protected].
