44th Presidential Inauguration

Networks prepare for inauguration
Marathon coverage plans in the works

http://www.variety.com/VR1117998657.html

Obama Inaugural Strains Lincoln Comparisons While Inviting Them

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Obama will roll into Washington’s Union Station today by train, duplicating part of Lincoln’s railroad journey from Illinois for his swearing in. The president-elect is to appear at a concert tomorrow at the Lincoln Memorial, and will take the oath of office Tuesday with one hand on the Bible that Lincoln used in 1861. Inaugural planners drew so many ties between the Illinois legislators-turned-presidents that Obama may risk straining the comparison.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=az5HzIamy_NQ&refer=worldwide

Washington Mobilizes 42,500-Strong Security Force for Inaugural


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As many as 2 million people -- double the number for any previous inauguration -- are expected to fill the Mall on Jan. 20 to witness the swearing-in of the first black president.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601070&sid=arV52TnPtSII&refer=politics

For Obama, a party tempered by tough times
Organizers of inaugural celebration take economic climate into account

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28703864/page/2/

Battered Wall St tops Obama inaugural donors: study

http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSTRE50G1PQ20090117

Also, I heard one report on the total cost of this Inauguration, a whopping 50 million...no compromise at the top, during economic woes....



What say ye?

2 million + follwers of "O" at the Inauguration...

Crowd of Two Million Fills the Mall

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For me, I will stick to the NARROW GATE and the NARROW PATH. No man is worth this much idol worship...it snowed in Memphis this morning...temperature dropped 2 degrees rapidly. It is a very cold day....