by John McCormick
There is some irony that it took winning the presidency for Barack Obama to settle into a schedule that borders on humdrum.
For now, he wakes up in his own bed, works out in the same fitness center each morning, goes into the office, comes home and has dinner with his family--a far cry from the frenzied campaign life of the previous 21 months.
While offering more routine, his existence is also more surreal, as he moves through Chicago largely sequestered in a security bubble even more robust than at the end of the campaign. Still, Obama seems to be savoring his time between Election Day and the move to the White House, one of the longest stretches he has had at home in five years.
Read the rest of the story about Barack Obama's transition life from Saturday's Chicago Tribune.
Comments
For Obama, "normalcy" IS running for office.
Which he's been doing the last 21 months, and most of the last decade.
Posted by: Obama forever! | November 22, 2008 8:53 AM
Todays irrelevant note:
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We see here an example of a living language changing, adapting. Warren Harding was widely mocked when he called for a "return to normalcy" because "normalcy" was not a word at all... it should have been "normality". Now "normalcy" is widely used and accepted.
Posted by: MJ | November 22, 2008 3:07 PM