via HuffPost, January 7, 2009 11:03 PM:
Amid all the action leading
up to Obama's inauguration it is easy to forget that there is still an
issue very close to the President-Elect's heart that has yet to be
resolved: that of the fate of his BlackBerry.
Speaking with CNBC Wednesday,
Obama explained that he is still fighting to hold onto the device
despite the sea of lawyers who have warned him against keeping it.
I don't know that I'll win, but I'm still--I'm still fighting it. And--but here's the point I was making, I guess, is that it's not just the flow of information. I mean, I can get somebody to print out clips for me, and I can read newspapers. What it has to do with is having mechanisms where you are interacting with people who are outside of the White House in a meaningful way. And I've got to look for every opportunity to do that--ways that aren't scripted, ways that aren't controlled, ways where, you know, people aren't just complimenting you or standing up when you enter into a room, ways of staying grounded.
COMMENT:
I dont know... Ever since we let them have electricity at the white house it's never been the same.
