Photographs of Barack Obama being sworn in on Tuesday (at left) and yesterday evening (at right) from the AP
President Barack Obama took the Oath of Office again, joking to reporters, "We decided it was so much fun..." During his swearing-in, Chief Justice John Roberts stumbled over some of the phrasing, prompting some to say Obama wasn't president and that he should re-take the oath.
Convened in the White House's Map Room, Chief Justice Roberts asked if the President was ready; Obama said, "I am, and we're going to do it very slowly." And when everything was done, the President joked again, "The bad news for the [press] pool is there's 12 more balls."