Are you all wobbly kneed at the prospect of seeing the Obamas in the White House today?

[Jackeens]

Me too. :-)

It's just one very lovely day after another this weather.

[madokie]

1. The ride getting there is worrying me

chartered plane from AA

[Amerigo Vespucci]

2. I'm all wobbly kneed at the spectacle of Bush playing the "gracious host"...

...because it's just not in his character. I'm sure he'd rather be a-smirkin' and a-swaggerin' over President Elect McCain, but he's just gonna have to take a deep breath and realize that the cameras are rolling.

[babylonsister]

3. Any ideas as to why the Obamas took separate planes?

m$nbc just reporting that. :wtf:

[Journeyman]

4. Many parents do that, as protection for their children. . .

Seems a sensible approach, one my wife and I did whenever we flew without the children when they were young.


On edit: I say "seems sensible," but I have to admit I found it somewhat odd that we did this only with air flights, and not with other modes of transport, considering how much more dangerous cars and buses are than are jets. I wonder if the Obamas did this during the campaign? Or if there was some reason for one of them to get to DC earlier than the other?

[janethussein]

6. My Guess

Because they have 2 daughters and God forbid if something should happen to that plane, the girls would still have one parent. Don't mean to sound morbid, but I worry every breathing second about something happening to President Obama.

[babylonsister]

7. Someone else said Michelle went earlier to check out schools.

:shrug:

[Submariner]

5. For the obligatory photo-op I hope Obama rubs Bush head like a little boy

like Bush does to demean his staff on occasion.