A peek at Obama re-election digs in Chicago

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Posted by Rick Pearson at 1:08 p.m.

While it has a dazzling view that overlooks Millennium Park and Lake Michigan, President Barack Obama’s re-election headquarters in downtown Chicago isn’t necessarily much to look at on the inside, based on a quick tour offered today by the campaign.

Occupying a whole floor of about 50,000 square feet in the Prudential building that is formally known as One Prudential Plaza, the campaign setup features long rows of tables for dozens of staffers and volunteers. But the campaign is still moving into the space and only a few dozen staffers were there, working on laptop computers or on the telephone.

The new space compares to the 31,000-square-foot headquarters the Obama campaign operated from across Michigan Avenue for the 2008 campaign.

Only a select few have actual office space, including Jim Messina, the former deputy White House chief of staff who serves as campaign manager, along with deputy campaign managers Jen O’Malley Dillon and Juliana Smoot.

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