>>>>Didn't Obama say during the campaign that we should keep our t-stats at 72F? Yet, he is keeping White House at 80F.
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>>>>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/28/under-obama-white-house-l_n_162085.html
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>>>I read the whole article. It never says what the old temperature was or the new one. Maybe it used to be 65 and now it's 70.
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>>>Tamar
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>>No, but warm enough for everyone to notice and to comment on it:
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>>"He's from Hawaii, OK?", his senior adviser, David Axelrod, told the New York Times. "He likes it warm. You could grow orchids in there."
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>>Frankly, I don't care about perceived hypocrisy regarding temperature and energy usage when it comes to the oval office. I do not want the man who is making the most important decisions in this country uncomfortable and unable to concentrate or focus... Feed him scones and ice cream and up the temperature to 90 degrees everyday if that makes him more comfortable...
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>But where did the 80 degree figure come from. I've not seen that anywhere .
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>But don't you think comfort and concentration are inverse. Feed me cream cakes and crank the temperature up and I'll be asleep in about 10 minutes.

Same here. I grew up in a cold climate and can take cold much better than heat.