Obama may be a rare ex-president who stays in Washington

[sheshe2]

Throughout his time in office, President Obama has opened many outside-the-Beltway speeches with a suggestion that he, too, feels like an outsider in the nation’s baffling, frustrating capital city. He shouts to the audience about how good it is to be wherever he is that day — Cleveland, Miami, San Francisco. Then he takes pokes at the town where great success in his chosen profession has brought him.

“It is good to be out of Washington,” he often says — a line that, in good times and in bad, always generates warm, sympathetic applause.

Changing Washington may not have come off as Obama promised. But for the president and his supporters, the city has been an object of contempt they can believe in.

Now, though, Obama has raised the possibility that he might remain a resident of the capital after his lease on 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. expires in January 2017.

In an interview this week with Barbara Walters of ABC News, Obama and the first lady, Michelle, said they may live in Washington beyond their time in the White House to allow their younger daughter, Sasha, to graduate from Sidwell Friends School.

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/obama-may-be-a-rare-ex-president-who-stays-in-washington/2013/11/29/81ba049c-5912-11e3-8304-caf30787c0a9_story.html

Well it speaks volumes does it not, guess who will have a say, Sasha. They believe in her best interests. Their child.

The President according to the article could and would become a target of further abuse and hatred, yet they have Sasha's best interest at heart. Not at all surprising is it? Pause a moment, what does that say to you about this President. He has his child's best interest at heart despite what it will mean to him. It is the same way he has taken this Country forward. No matter what the hate and abuse he receives he moves on. He takes us forward every damn day!

Thank you President Obama.

[mwrguy]

1. I hope he stays politically active forever

[MADem]

2. He could always move to Northern VA or MD--it's an easy commute to Sidewell from anywhere around the

Beltway.

He'd be close enough, but not too too close!

[sheshe2]

3. Hi MADem...

I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving.

I hope he goes to the Burbs so to speak. Washington is a hard place yet he has taken it on well.

Hey, we are voting again. Are you taking up ferrying voters again?

[MADem]

4. I had a great Turkey Day (and I revisted the bird again today!!)

Where there are elections, I'm out there schlepping!

I suppose I could help a lot of these folks do the absentee ballot thing instead, but I suspect they like the outing. They meet a few friends (or make a friend or two depending on my schedule). Also, some of 'em have me pick them up at home, and drop them off at the market (no fools--they save one way bus fare). Whatever it takes!

[mopinko]

5. drat.

so looking forward to having him back!

[Cha]

6. Right, of course, they'll stay in DC so Sasha can finish the school

she's been going to all these years. Malia will be off to College and the President and Michelle will keep the home fires burning in their own inimitable way, she.

That will be so interesting.. to see what they do post presidency with his Community Organizing spirit that led to world organizing and Michelle's gift of helping others to be their best.

Mahalo, she~ To the Obamas~

[Drunken Irishman]

7. I'm fine with getting him to run in 2016! ;)

[sheshe2]

8. Oh, DI.

I am so with you on that!

[SheilaT]

9. Relocating when your kids are in school is a problem.

I know, I've been there. In the early years of our marriage we moved every couple of years or so. My husband and I were perfectly okay with that, even when we first had kids.

And then they reached a point where we realized we just shouldn't jerk them around any more, not if we could help it. Our two were in grade school when he changed jobs so that we could stay put. It was the right decision for us. About seven or eight years later we gave serious thought to another job-related relocation, but didn't do it essentially because we didn't want to move to that particular part of the country.

Other families would make other decisions.

[WowSeriously]

10. K Street?

[longship]

11. A future SCOTUS Justice?

Just like President Taft.

[IrishAyes]

12. I vote with longship.

Maybe Chief Justice? Get rid of a few of those turkeys on the bench?

[Major Hogwash]

13. Well, he is a rare President. So, this would be pretty cool.

I also think it would be terrific as all hell if he did stay in Washington because then he could pop up every 3 or 4 days and say hey every once in awhile.

I think he has changed Washington, even if he doesn't admit it.