But first, a slow do-over.
... The two men convened in the White House Map Room
at 7:35 p.m. for a brief proceeding that was not announced until it was
completed successfully.
“Are you ready to take the oath?” Chief Justice Roberts said.
“I am,” Mr. Obama replied. “And we’re going to do it very slowly."
The relationship between Obama and Roberts hasn't been great. The burlesque in the first moments of the Obama presidency has changed that. The wariness between the two is gone. We're kidding ourselves if we don't think this rapprochement between White House and a Supreme Court dominated by antagonistic justices is important.
