Obamas Move To Hotel In DC

January 1. 2009

Hay-Adams hotel

The Obamas are set to move to Washington, DC this week, where they shall be living in the Hay-Adams hotel for three weeks. President-neglect George W. Bush refused to let them live in the White House's guest house for that period.

Bush is stating Blair House is already occupied with additional stays scheduled. Obama's early move is to assist their young daughters with settling into school on time.

Sasha and Malia Obama

Considering Obama is going to have to attempt to clean up Bush's mess that is of mammoth proportions, he could have let them move in early. I don’t think there is a presidential transition in U.S. history that more urgently requires the act of “hitting the ground running” as the phrase goes.

Obamas to move into Washington hotel this weekend

WASHINGTON (AP) — An exclusive hotel just yards from the White House will become a temporary home "suite" home for President-elect Barack Obama and his family when they move to the capital this weekend.

With daughters Malia, 10, and Sasha, 7, beginning classes Monday at the private Sidwell Friends School, the family needed someplace to stay. They inquired about Blair House, the government official guest residence across Pennsylvania Avenue from the White House, where presidents-elect sometimes stay before taking the oath of office.

But it's unavailable, booked solidly through Jan. 15, the Bush administration said.

So after Obama, his wife, Michelle, and their daughters wrap up an extended family vacation at a $9 million rental home in his native Hawaii on Thursday, they will trade their house in Chicago for a suite at the storied Hay-Adams hotel…

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