Mad Dash to Land Home for Obama’s Presidential Library

[steve2470]

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2014/03/obama-library-search-opens-will-taxpayers-foot-the-bill/

The search for the home of President Obama’s legacy has officially begun.

Today, the Barack Obama Foundation announced it will start fielding preliminary information from potential cities that will bid to host Obama’s presidential library.

Among the cities known to be competing in the bidding process that the Foundation has pledged will be “open and accessible,” are Chicago, Honolulu and New York City.

The “request for qualifications” is just the first step in a process that will take over a year to complete.

[MADem]

1. I know he spent some time in his college youth in NYC, but...no.

He came up in HI, and he cut his political teeth in Chicago.

I think it's down to those two--both would do well; more people would be able to afford to visit a Chicago site, though.

[steve2470]

2. yea I root for Chicago nt

[KamaAina]

3. Why not both?

The Hawai'i branch could double as an Asia-Pacific cultural center, with a nod to "Barry Soetoro"'s youth in Indonesia.

[MADem]

6. They only get one library. They cost the earth!!!

I think two is too much, no matter how much I like the POTUS.

I think if they wanted to open a cultural center that, as an aside, acknowledged President Obama's presence and upbringing in Hawaii, that's fine, but there should only be one library that serves as a repository for the POTUS's official papers and memorabilia.

[Cirque du So-What]

4. Real estate's gonna be pricey in all three of those locales

but as far as accessibility goes, it should be located in the CONUS.

[jmowreader]

5. He needs a library with a branch

The problem here is, Obama's political life revolves around Chicago but his heart belongs to Hawaii. (As opposed to the Antichrist, who was born in Illinois but wouldn't have admitted it at gunpoint, or the Horseman of Famine, Connecticut-born, bred and deported to Texas before he could do significant damage to the state's reputation.) So...since we have the capability to make duplicates of all the informational graphics, why not build the main library in Chicago and a satellite in Honolulu?