Here's one for the history books: President Obama retook the oath of office in the Map Room of the White House this evening with John Roberts, Chief Justice of the United States, administering once again. Word is it went off without a hitch this time.
Legal scholars agree that Mr. Obama constitutionally became President at exactly noon yesterday, and that the hiccup in the oath was just that...a hiccup.
But this was more than likely done to shut the mouths of the fascist wing nuts who were going to try to use yesterday's flub to argue that the President really wasn't the President.
Sigh...how nice to have a President who crosses his T's and dots his I's.
Update: The New York Times reports:
For their do-over, the two men convened in the White House Map Room at 7:35 p.m. for a brief proceeding that was not announced until it was completed successfully.
“Are you ready to take the oath?” Chief Justice Roberts said.
“I am,” Mr. Obama replied. “And we’re going to do it very slowly.”
