I assume that she is an 0bama worshipper and somehow or other contacted the 0-team to help them out; or possibly they contacted her, knowing her to be a former Punahou teacher. This “story” has probably been in the works for quite a while, so they could drag it out all tied up in a bow for Inauguration Day.
She probably is a Jr worshipper like so many in Hawaii,(and a teacher to boot exposed to the NEA) I think she is just plain nuts considering going back to Buffalo NY from Hawaii! One thing she must not realize is that one can never go home to what one left. It simply isn’t the same.
I wonder if Ann thought the same thing, returning to WA state after a short absence thinking of how it had been but it wasn’t the way it was when she left.