It's gotta be weird to look out the hotel windows and see all the construction and activity going on in the city to mark your official arrival.

That must be so exciting for the girls!

Yay he's finally coming! DC might actually be tolerable again soon~

Citizen the hotel they are staying at is supposed to be a secret.

Even though I didn't vote for him, I wish him the best of luck and hopes he can do his best to get us out of this crappy rut!

Frank, it's an obvious choice, and the not so Secret Service activity gives it away.

Ya,ya i was being sarcastic. But I'm glad the girls get to start on time without all the hoopla of him being the President just yet.

Can't wait him to ge the ball rolling.

Umm Liberty u spelled Michelle's name wrong. Ur missing an L.

Yay! That headline so required the exclamation. I'm getting tingles up my leg. No bias on this site what-so-ever!

dc is tolerable now.

I agree, it's getting close man only 24 days.

Yay - I am so excited for Obama to take over. We need a man of morals in the White House! And the hotel looks beautiful - those girls are getting so many crazy experiences at such a young age. Hopefully they will use them to change the world!

There are not exclamation points behind any of the "Bush is leaving" articles, so this site can't be that biased

SKC, there is a man with morals in the white house.

Would we prefer: "The Obamas are Moving in to Washington this weekend. BOO! HISS! THE END OF THE WORLD IS NIGH!!!!!"

I like it better the other way.

...and a new president, whomever it may be, is always pretty exciting, IMO. So, yeah, maybe an exclamation point is necessary for the event.

I agree em, I think the exclamation point would be there regardless of who had been elected.

You're going to be disappointed.

"and a new president, whomever it may be, is always pretty exciting, IMO. So, yeah, maybe an exclamation point is necessary for the event." He's not president yet, he just moved to a hotel. What is exciting about that? Should we put an exclamation at the end of "Obama's carivan just pulled over at the Wendy's to use the restroom!!!"
And I don't think the exclamation would be there regardless of who is president. Anything Obama related gets this site all in a tizzy. It totally cracks me up. I could understand an exclamation point at the end of "Obama is officially sworn in!" yeah, but come on now.

We'll be disappointed once in a while - but it won't be anything like the utter despair and disgust that many of us have felt the past eight years.

always look on the bright side of life (whistles) ...unless it has to do with something I disagree with.....

And how much does that hotel cost a night? I mean if Obama is saying he is for the plight of the low income, shouldn't he give some of that money to them instead of staying in one of the most expensive hotels in DC?
I mean it cost $3200/day

I stand corrected "The Hay Adams penthouse presidential suite usually goes for between $2,500 and $5,000 per night according to CBS News. "

"It only has one bedroom so it is likely the Obamas have rented more than one suite for the next two weeks."

well he wanted the Bushes to leave early, because they had to leave chicago for the girls to start school, i am at least glad that didnt happen!

CG me too!

They didn't ask Bush to leave early, though obviously since Bush has been in Crawford so long it could have worked for all of us...

The Obamas asked if they could move to Blair House early - it is a government facility that a President elect stays in just before the inauguration. Any President-elect has security concerns Hain, Obama has had more threats than most so keeping him secure requires that he stay in a place that can handle a Presidential security detail. Most Motel 6's don't do that.

OMG Hainan why does ur hate 4 run so deep? A lot of politicians use that hotel when they are in Washington and the Obamas had to consider security.

And wtf CG, why would Obama ask the Bushes to leave early?

Franky Ava, he asked to move into the Blair house early, but there were already guests there so Bush said No. read the news.

"The Obamas were told that Blair House, where incoming presidents usually stay in the five days before Inauguration Day, is booked in early January, a spokesperson to the Obama transition said. “We explored the idea so that the girls could start school on schedule,’ the spokesperson said. “But, there were previously scheduled events and guests that couldn’t be displaced.”- Wonkette.

They only asked so the girls could start school on time. How is that such a horrible thing since it is the place that president elects usually stay before Inauguration Day?

kastarte, it was already booked at the time, and Obama was early on his request. Its not a horrible thing to ask, but alot of people were up in arms about it, saying that Bush was just being unreasonable.

Doesn't sound like either party was unreasonable to me.

Blair House is not a party facility: it is the official government guest house - there are no international leaders visiting Washington, nor have there been - Bush has been in Crawford, not in DC to deal with anyone.
They've booked it for parties and can't accomodate the incoming President of the U.S. - that's nonsense and if Clinton had tried that on Bush, the Republicans would have declared war.

Um CG I read the news actually. They asked a favor and Bush said no. Ok then move on.