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Obamas Heading Back to Hawaii
The Page by Mark Halperin —
... Chicago Tribune: The future first family will take their annual vacation to Obama's native state at the end of December.
"The trip will likely include a memorial service for Obama's grandmother, who died the day before the election." ...
For Obama, a brief taste of normalcy
The Swamp —
... office, comes home and has dinner with his family--a far cry from the frenzied campaign life of the previous 21 months.
While offering more routine, his existence is also more surreal, as he moves through Chicago largely sequestered in a security bubble even more robust than at the end of the campaign. Still, Obama seems to be savoring his time between Election Day and the move to the White House, one of the longest stretches he has had at home in five years.
Read the rest of the story about Barack Obama's transition life from Saturday's Chicago Tribune.
The Saturday Word: Obama Aims for 2.5 Million Jobs
The Caucus —
... reports that Gregory B. Craig, the new White House counsel, could also face conflicts related to the interests of former foreign clients. Mr. Vogel looks at lobbying work Mr. Craig did for Argentina, Bolivia, Panama and the prime minister of Haiti. The First Family-elect John McCormick reports on Mr. Obama’s “ humdrum ” life post-campaign and pre-presidency. And now that the ...
Chicago Tribune: All Obama, All the Time
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias —
... The top half of the front page includes a huge color photo of a smiling Obama in a Chicago deli yesterday, a color picture of Obama with one of his daughters, and a color shot of a Chicago crowd watching Obama's motorcade speed by. "At home: A brief taste of normalcy" is the accompanying story and it notes: ...
The briefly humdrum life of president-elect Barack Obama
Top of the Ticket —
... massive campaign crowds two or three times per day, Obama now typically only sees most people on the other side of tinted glass, as he makes the commute between downtown and his South Side Hyde Park home.
The security restrictions have gradually increased around Obama ever since May 2007, the earliest point in a campaign cycle that the Secret Service began providing protection for a candidate.
Our colleague John McCormick has much more on the transitioning life of the president-elect right here.
-- Andrew Malcolm
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