Obama For America Could Stay in Chicago

November 20, 2012 5:20 PM
Obama For America Could Stay in Chicago

" Now that President Barack Obama won a second term, it only seems likely that his Chicago-based campaign apparatus would pack up and leave the city, right? Not so fast.

Campaign manager Jim Messina told a crowd at a Politico-sponsored event Tuesday that "Obama for America" could take on a new role.

Messina says it could morph into a new operation that works to back President Obama's agenda.

The campaign organization -- which by law will need to be dismantled -- is surveying its supporters to get a sense of what they'd like to see a new organization focus on "

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