have a big say
続けざまにもうひとつ。感謝祭の目玉番組として、あのバーバラ・ウォルター女史によるオバマ大統領夫妻インタビューが放映されました。結構、面白いですよ。ご覧下さい。
have a big sayは「大きな発言権を持っている」という意味ですね（sayの名詞用法は要チェック！）。Merriam-Websterには"a right or power to influence action or decision; especially : the authority to make final decisions"とあります。大統領としての任期が終わってもDCに居続ける理由として、子どもの意向を第一に挙げました。大統領も人の親です。（UG）
Obamas Might Stay in Washington After Presidency Ends
The first family might choose to stay in Washington, D.C., after President Obama leaves office in 2016, the president and first lady Michelle Obama told ABC News’ Barbara Walters in an interview.
By then, their eldest daughter Malia will be in college, and their youngest daughter Sasha will still be in high school as a sophomore.
“So we’ve gotta—you know we gotta make sure that she’s doin’ well… until she goes off to college,” the president said. “Sasha will have a big say in where we are.”
Barbara Walters’ exclusive interview with President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama airs on a special edition of “20/20,” “Walters at the White House,” on Friday, Nov. 29, at 10 p.m. ET.
Both girls attend Sidwell Friends School in Northwest Washington, the same school Chelsea Clinton attended when her father Bill Clinton was president.
If the Obamas do stay in Washington and maintain a residence in the city, President Obama would be the first president to do so since Woodrow Wilson.
In fact, Wilson, who was partly paralyzed from a stroke, is the only former president in U.S. history to maintain a residence in Washington, D.C., where he stayed until his death three years later.
Nothing has been decided yet, but President Obama hinted that separating Sasha from her high school friends might be asking one sacrifice too many.
