President Obama retook the oath of office in a small ceremony Wednesday evening after the other oath--the one that the rest of the world saw--was somewhat bungled:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28780417/
Leslie and I were talking about this last night. I think that, being that the oath is written word-for-word in the Constitution, any foul-up could result in the oath being ruled unconstitutional. They've made similar rulings for much more abstract issues. In this case, the Constitution is pretty cut-and-dry. Read the oath. Become President. Bam.
Was Bush President for an extra day? I submit that, technically, he was. (Though you may argue Obama has been, by default, President for about two months now.) Does this render moot all the orders and documents President Obama signed on Tuesday and Wednesday? I think by retaking the oath the Obama administration admits that the transfer of power was iffy. They'd better re-sign all those documents.
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