Mayor of Chicago Rahm Emanuel will target the biggest Democratic funders for President Barack Obama's re-election plan, which will attempt to offset the Republican Party's monetary advantage. The new role will mean that Emanuel is no longer co-chair of the presidential campaign, officials stated on Wednesday, Sept. 5.

Emanuel's switch of duties to aid Priorities USA Action, a new breed of super PACs that can raise unlimited contributions, was done at an interesting time in both national and local levels.

News of Emanuel's newest role was revealed in the Washington Post just a few hours after his Tuesday night speech at the Democratic National Convention. During the event, he admired the decision-making strengths of Obama while he served as the White House chief of staff.

Sources close to the mayor said that he may have actually resigned from the campaign a few weeks back due to a federal election law that does not permit coordination between super PACs and candidates.

Word of the new task at hand allowed Emanuel to spend his last day in Charlotte, N.C., speaking about the reason he was not back in Chicago, dealing with a potential teachers strike and an increase in street violence.

Emanuel originally planned to return home on Thursday after a convention party went late. However, on Thursday evening, he is scheduled to host an Obama speech party for campaign volunteers at a River North bar.

According to the Chicago Tribune, the executive director of Emanuel's Chicago Committee campaign fund had the following to say on Sept. 6:

"The mayor's always felt it was a top priority to re-elect the president, and this is another avenue to get that accomplished.  It will require of the mayor the same time, energy and effort he was already going to spend.  It's not about what he'll be doing to raise money, but how."

Transitioning from the campaign to the Obama-backed super PAC could very well provide the mayor with the opportunity to stay involved with Obama's re-election while gaining more time and having less travel to deal with.

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