CRIBS OF THE ’08 CANDIDATES Barack Obama
In 2005, Barrack Obama used money from a book advance to plunk down $1.65 million for a Georgian revival home in Kenwood, a wellto-do landmark district on Chicago’s South Side. Barack makes it a priority to be home every weekend from Thursday to Sunday.
Hillary Clinton
Presented below is the Clintons’ 11-room, five-bedroom, 100-year-old Dutch colonial at 15 Old House Lane - Chappaqua, New York. Sitting on approximately 1 acre of land, the home is nestled on a cul-de-sac and features a stone fireplace, arched windows, a swimming pool, 11 rooms, and lots of Republican neighbors. There is also a 2-car garage, a park-like yard, and a golf course nearby.
John McCain
A couple years ago John and Cindy McCain put their 11,000 squarefoot Phoenix home on the market and downsized (sort of) to a new luxury condo building near Biltmore Fashion Park in Phoenix. Cindy McCain, who is heiress to the John Hensley liquor empire, paid $3 million for two units, which the couple combined for 6,000 square feet of fine living.
The building has original artwork, a resident "party room" with a separate guest entrance from porte-cochere, fireplace, 50" plasma screen television, wet bar and catering kitchen, business and fitness centers.
Mitt Romney
The former Massachusetts governor has an 11-acre estate valued at more than $10 million on the shores of Lake Winnipesaukee. The main house — a 5,400-square-foot contemporary — has six bedrooms. A 2,700-square-foot boathouse sits on the 760 feet of lake frontage. Its 2,600-square-foot stable has been converted into a guest house. Romney ran into heat politically when it was revealed he hired illegal Guatemalan immigrants to do the estate's landscaping.
John Edwards
Presidential candidate John Edwards and his family recently moved into what county tax officials say is the most valuable home in Orange County, New York. The house, which includes a recreational building attached to the main living quarters, also is probably the largest in the county. The 28,200-square-foot home is expected to be valued at more than $6 million.