Hey, you've got to give them credit for thinking outside the box.
Unable to find affordable transportation to and lodging in the nation's capital for President-elect Barack Obama's Jan. 20 inauguration, one group of Obama supporters came up with a unique way to travel and stay in style: a ship.
Calling it the ''Yes We Can 2009 Inauguration Cruise,'' the group has rented a 500-room cruise ship to sail from Port Everglades to Baltimore, then take charter buses to the Washington Metro for the inaugural festivities.
''We were so caught up trying to get President-elect Obama elected that no one stopped to think about making any plans for inauguration,'' said Karen R. Phillips, an Obama volunteer who is helping to organize the Yes We Can 2009 Cruise. 'Literally the very next day it was all over the news that all the hotel rooms in Washington were booked. I got this whisper in my ear that said, `Karen, do a cruise.' ''
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The group is paying about $1 million for the eight-night cruise from Port Everglades aboard the Imperial Majesty line's MV Regal Empress cruise ship.
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