
President-elect Barack Obama; daughters Sasha, 7, and Malia, 10; and wife Michelle Obama wave at the election night rally in Chicago on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008. Since Election Day, much of the attention has been on the government transition to an Obama administration, but another transition is unfolding as the president-elect and his family prepare to leave their South Side Chicago home for Washington. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)