Will the smiles continue when the cameras aren’t around?

Marf’s cartoon this afternoon is on happenings in Washington DC where in a few hours all eyes will be focussed on the White House where the President and the President-elect will have their first formal meeting.

The plan is for Obama and Michele to spend about 90 minutes there and the Obamas will make a tour of the White House.

Then the two men will sit down to talk about the transition other key issues. Bush has said he will do anything in his power to make sure the handover is handled efficiently.

It will be a very strange, and one assumes, emotional occasion for both of them.

PB’s cartoonist is Marf of LondonsSketchbook.com

Mike Smithson