Who's in charge here - Bush or Obama?
As George Bush doesn't seem to want to be president any more, and Barack Obama
can't take over until January, who is running the world's biggest economy at
this crucial time?
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The difference between their two most recent news conference could not have
been more marked. Outlining his treasury team, Barack Obama looked presidential
and raring to go from the moment he walked in and the press rose to their feet.
George Bush by contrast looked jaded and reluctant to still be in the job as he
announced yesterday's bail-out for Citigroup on the steps of the treasury
department. He fumbled through the poorly recorded and low-key press conference
with Hank Paulson standing awkwardly beside him.
Is Bush working any more, asked Michael Tomasky. He doesn't seem to want to -
referring repeatedly to Obama in his press conference as if it was the
president-elect's problem now and not in 60 days' time.
So does America have two presidents at the moment, or none?
Earlier this month, Obama refused to go the Washington summit on the financial
crisis because he didn't want to tread on Bush's toes.
"The president-elect will respect the fact that we have one president at a
time," his aide said.
But Obama's behaviour since has suggested he is not respecting that convention,
and that he is acting as kind of co-president. Some call it a "split-screen
presidency", although he has no formal power until the end of January.
As Bush "is hardly being president at the moment", others wonder why Obama
can't just take over now.
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