Marathon coverage plans in the works
http://www.variety.c...1117998657.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...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...;refer=politics
For Obama, a party tempered by tough times
Organizers of inaugural celebration take economic climate into account
http://www.msnbc.msn...8703864/page/2/
Battered Wall St tops Obama inaugural donors: study
http://www.reuters.c...E50G1PQ20090117
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?
This post has been edited by freedom: 17 January 2009 - 11:37 AM

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