Valeria Jarret, co-chair of the Obama transition team told Tom Brokaw on Meet the Press (Nov 9, 2008) that “given the daunting challenges that we face, it’s important that president elect Obama is prepared to really take power and begin to rule day one.”

As a country, we elect Presidents to govern, not rule.

See http://www.youtube.com/v/q7Nlq80DVpo&hl=en&fs=1