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But in here it's so delightful - thoughts on Obama and the weather

I caught an interesting audio clip on the radio yesterday morning while driving to work. You may have heard it too; President Obama was scoffing at the fact that his daughters didn't have school because of the winter weather. As a transplant from Buffalo, I do understand the president being less than impressed with the way the mid-Atlantic shuts down with the slightest provocation. DC is not Chicago, that's for sure.

But I was also less than impressed with the way Obama spoke about the situation.

We're going to have to apply some flinty Chicago toughness to this town... I'm saying that when it comes to the weather, folks in Washington don't seem to be able to handle things.

First, that's not the way to win over the locals. Nobody likes being told that their whole city is a bunch of pansies (even when it's true). And this is coming from the POTUS who was planning to reach out to the community and be a part of DC? Not smooth.

Second, given the history of Chicago politics, I'm not sure we need any "flinty Chicago toughness" in our nation's capital. Maybe that's just me.

But third, what's that bit about flinty Chicago toughness? Via NRO, NYT reports something odd:

WASHINGTON — The capital flew into a bit of a tizzy when, on his first full day in the White House, President Obama was photographed in the Oval Office without his suit jacket. There was, however, a logical explanation: Mr. Obama, who hates the cold, had cranked up the thermostat. “He’s from Hawaii, O.K.?” said Mr. Obama’s senior adviser, David Axelrod, who occupies the small but strategically located office next door to his boss. “He likes it warm. You could grow orchids in there.

In addition to this being contrary to what Obama said on the stump, (We can't drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want and keep our homes on 72 degrees at all times...), it's contrary to what he said about how folks in Washington don't seem to be able to handle things.

Perhaps I just don't understand how they do things in Chicago.