Just Because Barack Obama Lives in D.C. Doesn't Mean He's One of Ours

Washington City Paper | January 15, 2009
With the Obama family's arrival this month, locals have revived the old transition tradition of speculating about how the new president will interact with his half-million-plus new neighbors. And this time, the oft-shunned city is optimistic that, as Mayor Adrian Fenty puts it, "he won't be a president who just happens to live in the White House."

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