Why wouldn't Obama stick around?

How many vacations have you taken in the last six years?

Have you taken six?

I doubt most Americans have been able to do that. For families, it might be even tougher.

Do you know how many Barack Obama has taken?

38.

That's right. That's more than six vacations per year – all expenses paid by you the taxpayer. And these are not your routine week-at-the-beach excursions. These would almost all be vacations of a lifetime for even very wealthy Americans. He and the first family, God love them, are living it up on your dime.

And because presidential family getaways include lots of security, the prices for each and every one is astronomical, through the roof, off the charts.

A rough tally, though the real costs remain secret, comes to $33,441,728.23 – that's if you believe it could possibly cost less than $1 million per presidential junket. I don't.

For instance, during Obama's 2013 Christmas break in Oahu, presidential security essentially took over the entire island. In addition to concrete blockades and security patrols around Obama's vacation quarters, his rental home was installed with bullet-proof glass, existing security systems were disabled, secure phone lines installed, and his entourage brought in 20 to 30 vehicles. The Coast Guard enforced temporary exclusion zones in Kailua Bay, and armed Coast Guard dinghies patrolled the canal near the president's rental home.

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The 2013 17-day vacation in Hawaii for the president, his family, and staff and security was estimated to cost over $4 million. Even that seems low ball to me.

And, as the story goes, they have two more years left.

Or, do they?

These folks are living it up.

Do you really think Obama wants to give up the most powerful position in the world and one that affords him this kind of unimaginable, excessive, non-replicable luxury?

Might this provide a strong incentive for him to make the White House a more permanent home?

Yes, there I go again.

It's been a theme lately.

Last week, I dropped the suggestion that Obama might not actually vacate the office when his second term is up. Why should he? Just because it's constitutional law? When has that ever stopped him from doing something? The answer is never.

Obama seems to derive immense satisfaction from ignoring the rule of law or placing himself and his office above it.

I provided several examples in my column last week. I continued the discussion early this week. But I'm not here to rehash all that. Everyone knows it. Obama himself has acknowledged many times he doesn't have the power he exerts. He does it anyway – despite the law, despite the Constitution, despite our national tradition of equal protection, checks and balances, accountability, transparency and the public trust.

So let's just consider the fact that Obama has never had it better – not even close. That's not to say he hasn't experienced the better things in life. He has. He got the best schooling. He's been pampered. He never had to get his hands dirty. He never served in the military. He never sacrificed or wanted for anything material in his life.

Usually, people raised like that have high expectations for the future.

No doubt Obama will be in a position to make lots of money after the presidency, whenever he decides to end it. But it's hard to imagine him enjoying six all-expense-paid vacations every year at his venue of choice. Not too many people live that kind of life – even with the "endowments" recent past presidents often get from their oil baron friends in the Middle East.

Do you think Obama's about to give that up and move out of the White House to make room for Hillary Clinton?

I don't know. The more I think about it, the less convinced I am.

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