Obama calls capital's blast `Snowmageddon'
WASHINGTON – "Snowmageddon" — that's what President Barack Obama calls the storm that's shut bottomward Washington.
His celebration fabricated it a few blocks through bare streets so he could allege at the Democratic National Committee's winter affair on Saturday.
In his aperture remarks, Obama thanked activists for actuality accommodating to adventurous the blizzard. The streets about the auberge area the affair was captivated were blocked by snow and badge advanced of Obama's arrival.
California Rep. Mike Honda was delayed on the slow-running subway. Other admiral who stumbled into the auberge were caked in snow and ice. Obama said he saw a assurance that said "Californians for Obama" — and he joked that "you guys aren't acclimated to this."
The affair chairman, Tim Kaine, said "it's like an April day in Chicago" — that's Obama's hometown.
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