Obama Extends His Hawaiian Vacation

Obama extends vacation in Hawaii by 1 day
It's tough to say goodbye to a Hawaiian Vacation, even for the President of the United States. President Obama has decided to extended his Aloha State holiday by a day in order to spend more time with his wife and daughters, presidential spokesman Bill Burton announced  Thursday. The commander in chief will now leave Hawaii late on Jan. 3 and arrive back in Washington on Jan. 4, said Burton, noting Obama sent his family to Hawaii ahead so he could finish up his work. Obama eventually joined t...

Obama extends Hawaii vacation after delayed start
HONOLULU (Reuters) - President Barack Obama is extending his Vacation in Hawaii by a day to spend more time with his family after their departure from Washington was delayed last week, the White House said on Wednesday. Obama will leave Hawaii, where grew up, late on Monday evening, arriving in Washington on Tuesday afternoon, spokesman Bill Burton said. Previously, the White House said Obama would leave Hawaii on Sunday. The president delayed the start of his Vacation to stay in Washington whil...

Obama Extends Hawaii Vacation
President Barack Obama and his family won't be returning to Washington, D.C. as soon as expected. The president decided to extend their Hawaiian Vacation a few more days. Obama had a late start on his holiday Vacation after staying in D.C. to work on Legislation in Congress before the year ended. A spokesman for the president said he wants to spend more time with his wife and daughters before returning to work, even though his daughters will miss a couple days of school. This is the second tim...

Obama Extends Hawaiian Vacation a Day
Yahoo! Buzz President Barack Obama is taking an extra day for his Hawaiian Vacation, which got off to a late start due to Congress’s busy lame-duck session. “After the extended Lame Duck and five-day delay of his trip here, he’s just trying to squeeze in more time with his family before returning to Washington,” Deputy Press Secretary Bill Burton said Wednesday. Mr. Obama is vacationing in Kailua, Hawaii, and has spent much of his free time working out, playing basketba...

Obama Sticks To The Familiar On Hawaiian Vacation
Honolulu — More than a week into his Hawaiian holiday, President Barack Obama is proving to be a creature of habit. While some travelers seek adventure and spontaneity, Obama seeks comfort and consistency. His routine here in Oahu, the island where he was born and mostly raised, is by now patently familiar to the locals trying to catch a glimpse of their hometown president, and the reporters who come here to cover him. Obama is almost certain to spend his mornings working out at Marine C...

Infidel Bloggers Alliance
Washington Examiner : President and family on multi-million dollar Christmas Vacation in Hawaii By: Mark Tapscott 12/29/10 5:04 PM Editorial Page Editor President Obama and his family are enjoying a delightful Christmas Vacation with friends and family in the chief executive's home state of Hawaii. Nobody questions a president's right or need to take take away from the White House, but an investigation by Hawaii Reporter has turned up some eye-opening information about the costs and other asp...

Obama's Hawaii Vacation Is Revealing
Presidents reveal a lot about themselves through their Vacation habits. And that's true for Barack Obama as he makes his annual Christmas jaunt to Hawaii. [See photos of the Obamas behind the scenes.] Every president needs to find his own way to relax and enjoy a respite from the crises and pressures of office. Some have sought solace at their own estates, as I recounted in my 2005 book, From Mount Vernon to Crawford: A History of the Presidents and Their Retreats. George Washington visited hi...

Obama vacation costing more than $1.4M, paper claims
No one knows exactly how much President Obama's Vacation in Hawaii is costing Taxpayers -- neither the White House nor the Secret Service like to provide such information -- but one local news outlet is putting the tab at more than $1.4 million, at least. The Hawaii Reporter did some calculating, though, as we've explained before, it's almost impossible to assess the true cost of these kinds of trips. For example, most of the cost of the Reporter's estimate is the president's Air Force One ride...

Obamas R&R;: Marine Corps Base Hawaii
Yahoo! Buzz A Marine base where young men are trained for war might not sound like an inviting place for President Barack Obama and his family to relax. But the First Family has spent many hours of their Hawaiian Vacation at the picturesque Marine Corps Base Hawaii on the windward Kaneohe Bay. The commander in chief has visited the base daily since his arrival just before Christmas, working out at its gym, taking his young daughters bowling, and palling around with friends on the base’s c...

Obama craves familiarity on Hawaiian vacation (AP)
Honolulu – More than a week into his Hawaiian holiday, President Barack Obama is proving to be a creature of habit. While some travelers seek adventure and spontaneity, Obama seeks comfort and consistency. His routine here in Oahu, the island where he was born and mostly raised, is by now patently familiar to the locals trying to catch a glimpse of their hometown president, and the reporters who come here to cover him. Obama is almost certain to spend his mornings working out at Marine C...

Obama craves familiarity on Hawaiian vacation
More than a week into his Hawaiian holiday, President Barack Obama is proving to be a creature of habit. While some travelers seek adventure and spontaneity, Obama seeks comfort and consistency. His routine here in Oahu, the island where he was born and mostly raised, is by now patently familiar to the locals trying to catch a glimpse of their hometown president, and the reporters who come here to cover him. Obama is almost certain to spend his mornings working out at Marine Corps Base Hawaii. A...

Obama craves familiarity on Hawaiian vacation
FILE - In this Dec. 28, 2010 file photo, President Barack Obama waves from... Honolulu (AP) - More than a week into his Hawaiian holiday, President Barack Obama is proving to be a creature of habit. While some travelers seek adventure and spontaneity, Obama seeks comfort and consistency. His routine here in Oahu, the island where he was born and mostly raised, is by now patently familiar to the locals trying to catch a glimpse of their hometown president, and the reporters who come here to cove...

Holiday polls add little political cheer to Obama's Hawaiian vacation
President Obama's Approval Rating after two years in office is higher than President Clinton's was at the same time, but the latest poll Ratings are mixed political news....

Inside the Beltway
GARDEN VARIETY Post blizzard, New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg issued mighty mea culpas but got a frigid shoulder from press and people for his city's tepid response to the polar blast. The mayor did manage to hire 1,900 extra "day laborers" to help with the cleanup, though. Meanwhile, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie caught cold criticism because he was on Vacation in Florida when the storm dumped 30-plus inches of snow on the Garden State. But hey. His absence has political metaphor. "Gov. ...

After 'Season of Progress' Obama Sees No Bounce in Approval Rating
Politico.com The spate of legislative accomplishments in the lame-duck session celebrated by the White House appears to have had little effect on President Obama’s Approval Rating , according to Gallup’s latest tracking poll. Between Dec. 26 and 28 - soon after Obama arrived in Hawaii for his Christmas Vacation - Obama’s Approval Rating was 47 percent, two points lower than his rating from the previous week, Gallup reports. He has averaged a 46 percent rating si...

GREAT MERCIFUL ZEUS: Did you see how much money it cost taxpayers for the Obamas to shoot a Lifestyles of the Wasteful and Extr
GREAT MERCIFUL ZEUS: Did you see how much Money it cost Taxpayers for the Obamas to shoot a “Lifestyles of the Wasteful and Extravagant” episode in Hawaii? If you have something spirited to drink, fix yourself a glass of it before you click on the link above and read just how much taxpayer Money the Obamas wasted in Hawaii on their latest Vacation. If you don’t have any beer, wine, vodka, or whatever, put some fruit juice under the radiator and let it ferment a while, because y...

Obama, Republicans face new Washington battles
Stumble This! WASHINGTON — Barack Obama returns to a transformed Washington next week, with empowered Republicans bristling for a defining Budget fight and the calendar relentlessly pointing to the 2012 election. President Obama will swap the peace of his Hawaii Vacation for a stormy new political season, looking more resilient and self-confident than many thought possible with his political stock replenished by year-end victories. But the rare period of Bipartisanship between Democrats a...

Obama Makes Six Recess Appointments
The Huffington Post reports: Honolulu — President Barack Obama bypassed the Senate Wednesday to make six Recess Appointments, including a deputy Attorney General whose links to the Insurance giant American International Group had stalled his confirmation. Obama first nominated James Cole to the No. 2 Justice Department post in May. But Republican lawmakers blocked his confirmation in part because of questions about his role as an independent consultant for AIG before its near collapse and go...

Obama Extends Vacation Another Day
I know y’all were probably worried that he wasn’t getting enough Vacation in. Worry no more. Me, I had to cut my Vacation short 2 days for a trial. If only I had lesser responsibilities — like, say, being the president of the entire freaking nation — I guess then I could extend vacations instead of cutting them short....

Obama extends Hawaii vacation by one day
President Obama is extending his Hawaii Vacation by one day. The president will leave Honolulu on the evening of Jan. 3rd and arrive in Washington on the afternoon of the 4th, according to a White House pool report. Obama had planned to be in Hawaii through Sunday, Jan. 2nd, according to the original White House schedule. White House deputy Press Secretary Bill Burton told the Press Pool Wednesday that "after the extended Lame Duck and five-day delay of his trip here, he's just trying to sque...

Takin care of business! Obama extends his Hawaii vacation
Takin’ care of business! Obama extends his Hawaii Vacation Hey, why not? Taxpayers are paying for the Obama vacation in Hawaii anyway. Apparently, Obama thinks he’s entitled because according deputy Press Secretary Bill Burton, the Lame Duck session of Congress aka the worst Congress ever was extended five days. “After the extended Lame Duck and five-day delay of his trip here, he’s just trying to squeeze in more time with his family before returning to Washington.̶...

Obama's Multimillion-Dollar Hawaiian Vacation
President Obama and his family are enjoying a delightful Christmas Vacation with friends and family in the chief executive's home state of Hawaii. Nobody questions a president's right or need to take take away from the White House, but an investigation by Hawaii Reporter has turned up some eye-opening information about the costs and other aspects of the Obama get-away. You must login to comment. The Fox Nation is for those opposed to intolerance, excessive government control of our lives, and at...

Obama to get 12 days of Christmas holiday
President Barack Obama is giving himself a little more time to recharge his batteries by extending his Hawaiian Vacation another day, White House spokesman Bill Burton said Wednesday. Posted by CNN on Dec 30 2010 Filed under Political Briefs. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed. Click here to cancel reply. Morning Joe to run again? We allow third-party companies to serve ads and/or colle...

Obama marks anniversary of deadly attack on CIA
HONOLULU (AP) — President Barack Obama is marking the anniversary of last year’s deadly attack at a remote outpost in Afghanistan, saying the seven CIA employees who were killed showed the true meaning of honor and selfless sacrifice. In a statement, Obama says the U.S. is more secure because of the work of those in the intelligence community. He says he will ensure that dedicated intelligence professionals have the training and tools they need to complete their missions. The CIA emp...

Even The Ocean Is Mocking Obama
Barack Obama upon securing the 2008 Democrat nomination. The journey will be difficult. The road will be long. I face this challenge with profound humility, and knowledge of my own limitations. But I also face it with limitless faith in the capacity of the American People. Because if we are willing to work for it, and fight for it, and believe in it, then I am absolutely certain that generations from now, we will be able to look back and tell our Children that this was the moment when we began...