Leave it to Barry to be late for his inauguration. Alex, you are almost right. Bush's term officially ended at 12:00, but by that time Barry had not been sworn in. So technically, there was no president for about 6 full minutes. And just so you know, this was brought up by a commentator of some radio station I was listening to. It was noticed by at least one reporter who was commentating on the procedures. Evalyn, common sense would have dictated that, but there would have been some who would have said that Barry could not do anything until after he had officially taken the oath of office. So technically there was no president since Biden had only taken the oath of office for the Vice President. I just thought it was rather interesting and will probably set the tone and precedence for his entire term. Alan, just so you remember, for the past 8 years, you have remained alive and free in the greatest country ever. I think someone had to preserve that freedom and your life. Alan, I am sorry to say but you are so blinded by your hatred that you cannot see the facts. Cliton screwed up all our intelligence gathering organizations that it was completely impossible for anyone to believe what was being provided. And for the record, that was not the one and only terrorist attack on this soil. Go back to 1993 and check out the original bombing of the WTC buildings. And who was president during that time? Get a clue and stop listening to the media. They blatantly lie to make gullable people like you sound intelligent when spewing their lies. Mickster, you are correct and maybe I need to be more clear about what I mean. While the president-elect's term begins at 12:00 on the 20th day of January, the president-elect cannot carryout the duties of the office until after he officially takes the oath of office. Rather strange, but also very interesting. http://www.usconstitution.net/consttop_term.html Thanks for helping make that clear!