Obama not selling Chicago home

First published at WashingtonTimes.com

The CBS affiliate in Chicago captured a nice scoop today when President-elect Barack Obama stopped in at Manny's Deli.

 

In this raw video, Obama tells a woman he seems to know that he and Michelle plan to keep their Hyde Park house.

 

Huffington Post caught the clip but didn't note the news in the headline, and the CBS station posted it as a "Web extra" but also didn't catch the news.

 

 

 

 

"We're keeping our house," Obama says with the trademark grin.

 

"We're staying in there for awhile. Now's not the time to sell."

 

HuffPo also noted that the woman seemed to hint that Obama had White House ambitions more than a decade ago, teling the president-elect, "'Well you asked for it. I remember 12 years ago ..."

 

There was a protective pool reporter with him today and she filed a funny report about his corned beef order at the famed restaurant, but from the looks of it the press shuttled there by the transition team was kept out of earshot of his interaction with the crowd.

 

— Christina Bellantoni, White House correspondent,
The Washington Times

 

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Comments

[HoraceOvidson]

But Chicago home is not a good place for Obama to get away from Washington. Obama should utilize Camp David. It's close to Washington. It's secluded. And it's more secure than a lot of places. Buying a ranch, or something similar, like some past Presidents, probably would not fit Obama's style or image. Barack, we know, likes to vacation in Hawaii, where he was born. But Hawaii is just too darn far from Washington to be a good retreat for Barack. What Barack decides to do in this regard is probably a more important decision than one would suspect upon first glance.,

[lisakaz2]

Unclear if he means to sell sometime (sell at a better time) or if he hopes to return to living there. I wonder if it's secure enough but maybe it won't matter after he's an ex-president.

[DrPaulProteus]

and this is news because... ?