He has another 5 months and 29 days, but for all intents and purposes George Bush is no longer the President of the United States. If anyone had any doubts about the fact that Obama is the de facto President his trip to Iraq has dispelled then.
Obama Gets Trappings of Presidential Visit in Iraq
By Julianna Goldman and Viola Gienger
July 21 (Bloomberg) — Barack Obama wrapped up two days of meetings with leaders in Afghanistan and Iraq who gave the candidate the trappings of a presidential visit for talks on efforts to stabilize their U.S.-protected governments.
Obama, who favors a gradual pullout of U.S. forces in Iraq, said he was committed to preserving the gains of the Iraqi government, according to a statement on the Arabic-language Web site of President Jalal Talabani‘s Patriotic Union of Kurdistan. Talabani, who sat with a smiling Obama, stressed the need to improve the performance of the Iraqi army and continue training and equipping them. – bloomberg
On an anectdotal note I was at soccer practice past night and one of the players grandpa’s who admitted to being a life long Republican (with chagrin) and that he voted for Bush twice said that he can’t stand to see Bush’s face anymore and gets ill when he hears his voice.
“I can’t wait for Obama to take over. Bush has been a complete disaster.” He admitted.