President Barack Obama visits the press cabin on Air Force One en route to Elkhart, Ind. That's Peter Baker of The New York Times, print pool reporter aboard the aircraft this morning and reporter of the president's remarks, just to Obama's left. And that's Pete Souza, White House photographer, and onetime photographer for the Tribune Washington Bureau, with the camera behind. (Photo by Charles Dharapak) /AP)
by Mark Silva
President Barack Obama is getting accustomed to the presidential digs.
In Elkhart, Ind., today, he suggested to the audience that the White House is "the people's house,'' and he's just a "guest'' there -- this, on the question of the hardships that people are facing with their own homes.
Obama's real home sits on the South side of Chicago, he said.
The president also has a mountain home at his disposal -- Camp David, in the Catoctin National Forest of Maryland.
He and his family spent part of the weekend there.
"It was beautiful," the president said of Camp David, asked about the stay during a brief visit to the press cabin of Air Force One en route to Indiana today -- his second flight as president aboard the sumptuous presidential aircraft.
"The girls just had a great time,'' Obama said of the place that White House staffs like to call simply "camp." "They had a lot of fun. You can see that during the summer it's going to be a nice place to spend a lot of time. Hit a few golf balls. Played a little basketball."
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Obama will probably CHANGE the name from Camp David to CHANGE.
Posted by: Inky | February 9, 2009 3:42 PM