He is NOT the president elect. The election hasn’t happened yet. The members of the electoral college will meet at their respective state capitals on Dec 15. They will put their votes in the mail - to the president of the Senate. The votes will be opened in front of a joint session of congress (I think Jan 6). Only then will O be president elect....I just get tired of people saying the election is over,etc. I have no illusions here - if O gets pushed out, say hello to Biden or Pelosi or Clinton...but the constitutional requirements were meant to prevent divided loyalties - and he has divided loyalties. He has interfered in Kenyan politics already, on behalf of family members. See the problem he represents? What if a terrorist we are after takes refuge in Kenya (its right next to Somalia). Does this cloud O’s judgement. The pitfalls are endless. We can’t be expected to be the loyal opposition if we don’t know where his loyalties are.
I've been around for many presidential election cycles ... the term president elect (except in the case of someone getting re-elected) is in play immediately after the results of November presidential ballot are announced. Now technically that might not be correct ... but it's assumed the new president (to be) has the electoral votes in the bag. It's a mere formality from that point on ...