Vacation bump for Obama?

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America is mostly back at work today after the holidays — but not President Obama. After postponing his trip to Hawaii to deal with Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, START and other matters, he decided to extend his trip slightly — today is his last day on Oahu.

Judging from the endlessly mopey, end-of-trip Facebook updates from White House reporters on presidential vacation duty, no one seems to want to come back. Can you blame them? Obama least of all, one suspects — Hello, Boehner!

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