The Hay-Adams isn’t over a block and a half from the Blair House, and its not like Obama has to pay for it out of pocket anyway.
The protocol is that the president-elect and family get the Blair House from 1/15 until inauguration. It was rude and wholly out of place to request an early move in. The Clintons managed to have Chelsea start at Sidwell without any big headline and theyare the epitome of trailer trash. Don’t know what this little scenario says of the Obamas.