Oahu Blackout Makes News Thanks to Obama

11 hours of darkness for everyone else, but the President Elect has generators in his vacation rental.

What might have been simply a local news story and a faint blip on the national radar became a major news event outside of Hawaii because of the presence of President-elect Barack Obama…

Aides said power went out to the Obama’s $9 million Kailua vacation rental at about 7 p.m. Friday night and was restored about 11 hours later.

By yesterday morning, Obama was back to his vacation routine of working out at the Semper Fit Center at Marine Corps Base Hawaii. With the exception of Christmas Day, Obama has worked out at the gym for about an hour every morning since arriving in Hawaii on Dec. 20.

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