Did "John" address Obama as "Barack"? How disrespectful of zer0 to address Senators and Representatives by their first names at a formal meeting. He is so condescending.
I caught that, too. I can't remember any other time when a sitting President addressed a sitting Congressman/Senator by their first name, in public and in such a formal setting.
I don't remember Reagan ever calling Tip O'Neill, Tip. Nor do I remember Clinton ever calling Gingrich, Newt. Perhaps it happened, but I certainly don't remember it.
‘John’ said “Mr President.”
Obama used first names all day, in the spirit of “not being as formal as on the Senate or House floor.”
I call it another example of his willful demeaning of our political system.
I did not watch much of it, so I don’t know if he said “Nancy.” I wouldn’t be surprised if he was a little shy of going that far. She is old enough to be his mother.