The Rose Garden: Obamas Christmas Not Quite So Merry as Last Year
- By Keith Koffler
- Roll Call Staff
- Nov. 30, 2009, Midnight
It was Christmas 2008 for Barack Obama, and there was not a Grinch in sight. The newly elected president spent much of the week sequestered with his family in gorgeous Kailua, Hawaii, soaking up the warmth of Oahu and wading in the blue Pacific. Or perhaps, given his popularity and the expectations for his presidency, Obama might have simply been walking on water instead.
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