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When I was first hired as an assistant professor at a small college, my contract started on the first day of classes. But, clearly, I needed to be working weeks ahead of my official (paid) first day of work. I had to order books for my classes. Read the texts. And plan my syllabi, lectures, discussions, assignments, etc. My office wasn't "my" office yet, but I was getting emails from students who had enrolled in my classes.
Certainly one should expect no less of the president-elect. Especially when the "to-do" list is so daunting and the Current Occupant has done such an abyssmal job.
It's clear that no one is looking to the Current Occupant for leadership: not the markets, not Congress, not the public (and not even the GOP).
So, while Obama isn't POTUS yet, people are looking for leadership, and he's the closest thing we've got.
