>From what I can tell, the Reagans moved in to the Blair House the first week of January, the Bushs (Sr) moved in Jan 1, the Clintons in late December. Only George Bush waited until the 15th. So if by tradition, we mean "what the last single person did", then yes, the 15th is the tradition. If, on the other hand, we mean "what most presidents have done", it is "when the president-elect comes to town".
FWIW, the Blair House is larger than the White House, is 70,000 sq ft, and over 190 rooms. 36 bathrooms, has a dry cleaner, a flower shop and hair salon. And has repeatedly been used for housing multiple guests before. Dang. I want to stay there, now. On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 1:19 PM, Michael Dinowitz <[email protected] > wrote: > Maybe but as Obama himself has said, there's only one president at a time > and he's not it yet. If tradition is to have the president elect reside in > the Blair House then we have a conflict between tradition and the actions > of > a still current president and tradition always takes a back seat. > > But again, rather than think it's Bush or his team being dicks, why not > check out if this actually is the tradition or if others have done the same > thing. People are always eager to jump on actions from Bush that seem > stupid > without looking if they actually are. > > > > The move does seem like just another petty (read dickish) move. > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:284092 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
