By GottaLaff

After a quiet New Years Eve, he's in for a bumpy rest-of-2009:
President-elect Barack Obama will ring in the New Year quietly at the rental home in Hawaii, according to transition spokesman Ben LaBolt. “The Obama family is staying in Kailua, celebrating with friends,” LaBolt said, referring to the part of the island of Oahu where the family has been staying for nearly two weeks.Starting 2009 with Obama in office is the best New Years kick-off we've had in nearly a decade. For that I am grateful.