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Sadly, the Obamas wanted to stay at Blair House, as previous President Elects have, but it was booked "by White House officials, the State Department and its Office of Protocol for various events."

Which means that thanks to the out-going administration and his cronies, tax payers now have the pleasure of paying thousands of dollars a night in lodging.

God... January 20th cannot come soon enough.

The Bush Administration's Office of Protocol should have known that it is a breach of protocol to book Blair House for others when the President-Elect is expected to stay there...

...but hey - the outgoing Administration slashed, ignored and all but destroyed the US Constitution too, so what's a little breach of protocol?

I wonder if the Obamas took the Presidential Suite or the larger Federal Suite?

"The Bush Administration's Office of Protocol should have known that it is a breach of protocol to book Blair House for others when the President-Elect is expected to stay there.."

exactly!

So much went wrong in his administration, so this wouldn't have tipped the scales, but wouldn't you still want to leave on a high note?

Not that I support the Bush Administration's policies, but I though I would just point out that the article stated that the Obama's were moving to DC early so the children could start school on schedule. It also states that the Blair house would be vacant on January 15th, five days prior to the inauguration. The article does not state exactly how many days prior to the inauguration past president-elects have occupied at the Blair house, so there is no way of knowing if there acutally was a breech of protocol. I say if you're going to knock Bush there are plenty of much more offensive acts to chose from, rather than making something out of nothing.

DC has never been an easy place to book a hotel room. Nice to know even the Prez Elect has a tough time doing so, too. ;)

I agree with knittybynature. The Obama's did request to arrive early so that their daughters could start school while settled in the White House (so it was the Obamas not Bushes who were breaking protocol). The Bush administration declined Obama's request. I just wonder who was more important than the next president?

It's a pretty trivial issue, really. In any case, I still very much dislike GWB and the gang and I'm so happy that Obama will soon be in the White House.

I'm so happy Omaba is in DC. Do you think we can get updates of when he uses the restroom, like, if he uses green toilet paper?

Insiders have said NO ONE WAS BOOKED at blair house when they said no.

For MatD:
Update, Update
I heard that Obama wiped his ass with recycled toilet paper from seventh generation!

You guys should read the news. It was John Howard, a former Australian prime minister and leading member of President Bush's coalition of the willing in Iraq.