There Goes the Neighborhood - The Obamas Are Staying in D.C. After the President Leaves Office.

Diogenes Middle Finger

As far as legacies go, the thought of President of Hope and Change moving to one of the oldest, most established, filthy-richest neighborhoods in the city just doesn’t jibe. It’s hard to imagine the Obama of eight years ago deciding to forgo the potential to move to a revitalizing area, or just a slightly less hoity one, in favor of a zip code where the blood runs royal blue and the servants stairs are still used by the help. It feels bizarrely out of a character for a man who proclaimed “We didn’t become the most prosperous country in the world just by rewarding greed,” to settle down on a block where a 4-bedroom home averages about $2.8 million. 

No more Chicago ghetto organizing for Bo. No Sir. They say they will stay while rented offspring daughter Sasha finishes up at the elitist Sidwell Friends School (one of those private schools liberals don’t want you to be able to send your kids). And you know what that means? He’ll remain close to the action, in range of the political reporters and the DC news bureaus, ready to show his mug and give his views on the countries affairs as an elder statesman. And watch for him to make one last feeble attempt at a legacy by taking the forefront in a push for DC Statehood.  Even worse, there’s still Michelle.