New York Mayor Bill de Blasio wants his city to be the home of President Barack Obama’s future library.
Obama hasn’t decided which city will house his presidential library. Many observers believe the favorite to be Chicago, his hometown.
But New York may have received a lift thanks to a recent Politico story. It reported Obama is considering moving to New York after his term ends in 2016.
Obama received his undergraduate degree at Columbia University, which is making a bid for the library.
De Blasio said Thursday he’s supporting the Ivy League university’s efforts. The Democrat says Columbia would be “the perfect place” for the library.
He also says he’ll let Columbia and Obama’s team know the city would support any deal.
(AP)
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columbia, JTS, DeBlassio, Obamathe core of liberalisim, a match made in heaven, However where will HRC’s library be?
Honolulu is Obama’s home town. Chicago is his wife’s hometown, and where Obama started his career.
He is likely to end up with a post-presidential career, probably in academic life, and the 20 or 30 years he spends at some university will probably decide where he’ll set up a presidential library.
2 peas in a pod.
This is not that big a deal. Presidential libraries attract dozens of scholars annually!
I think that having the presidential library in New York is a great idea. Anywhere other than Chicago is a great idea.
Don’t we already have so many juvenile libraries?
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