Originally Posted By Mr X I noticed something weird, which seems to be continuing even now. I was surprised to hear people continue to refer to the President Elect as just "Barack", particularly members of his campaign staff and others. I thought it was a little weirdly informal. And then I was reading about a conference with both Obama and Biden present where they actually referred to each other as "Joe" and "Barack". Is this just something I've missed all these years, and those close to the candidates are much more informal or something. Does Bush refer to his VP as "Dick" in public, or Clinton "Al", and vice versa? OR, is this typical but will change as of January 20th? Just curious.
Originally Posted By beamerdog I'm guessing that Biden will call Barack "Mr. President" after the election, but Obama will continue to call Biden "Joe." I'm assuming that in private it's all first names. I've called Biden "Joe" in the past, but I'd feel uncomfortable doing it now unless he corrected me. But that's just me and not the rest of Delaware who will continue to call him Joe when he's back here on the weekends.
