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Biden has been sworn in, and now we're listening to music. Does this mean Biden is VP and Bush is president right now?

EDIT: This is a darn fine speech. Especially the bit about "not giving them up in the name of expedience."

I am 100% sure that the jerk-wing of the right wing is already claiming that, by fluffing a line in his swearing in, he is somehow not really president.

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Actually... this very thing was a topic for discussion on j.random.news-show as I was channel-surfing. The oath of office is a ceremony but does not in any way imbue the elected President with that office or authority. It's automatic.

At 11:59, Bush was president. At 12:00 Obama was president. This has actually come up once or twice in the past when Inauguration Day (Jan 20) was a Sunday. The office changed over to the new President, but the ceremonial recognition was held the following day.