Before Obama leaves, Cubs visiting him at White House

If you were looking for sports to be your distraction from politics, the start of the Cubs Caravan wasn’t for you.

During manager Joe Maddon’s Thanksmas Dinner on Wednesday at the Salvation Army Freedom Center, the Cubs’ recently scheduled trip to the White House on Monday was a popular line of questioning, in large part because of the organization’s politically diverse makeup.

The Ricketts family is very politically active — Pete Ricketts is the Republican Governor of Nebraska, major conservative donor Todd Ricketts was recently chosen as deputy commerce secretary by President-Elect Donald Trump and Laura Ricketts is a big Democratic donor. Tom Ricketts is known to be conservative, but not…