... although the general trend has been evident for some time. Bloomberg:
In the night of Nov. 4, either Barack Obama or John McCain will be celebrating his election as president. It may be a short party.
Whoever wins will come under intense, immediate pressure -- unmatched since Franklin D. Roosevelt's election in 1932 -- to begin participating in policy making over which he'll have no formal control for 2 1/2 months. Within days, the winner's economic advisers may be heading to the U.S. Treasury to help tackle the nation's worst financial crisis in more than seven decades.
``The situation is so serious that he has to be involved,'' says James Thurber, director of the center for congressional and presidential studies at American University in Washington. ``But he has to be very careful because he's not the president and won't be the president until he's sworn in.''
Pesky elections! Who needs 'em?
Ah yes. Actually having taken the oath of office is "formal control" -- next door to a mere formaltity. NOW NOW NOW NOW!
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No worry...Obama will change it
The Dem Congress will pass a resolution that says he is President immediately.
Nah, Bush will do it
With a signing statement!
[ ] Very tepidly voting for Obama [ ] ?????. [ ] Any mullah-sucking billionaire-teabagging torture-loving pus-encrusted spawn of Cthulhu, bless his (R) heart.
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