Mister Obama?

[merhawk]

Perhaps I'm missing something; however, I always thought that once you earned your title of President, Senator, etc, that title is always used. So, dear Renee Montagne of NPR, why were you calling President Obama Mr Obama over half the time this morning? Why was it, during the campaign, that Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama were the two that kept being referred to without their earned titles?

If you can always refer to Bush or McCain by their titles, then you should be able to refer to Obama and Clinton with the same respect.