Coronation Feat: Protests and Parties
• Gersonon inaugural speech: "We're at the beginning of another generational struggle. It's to some extent a requirement of leadership for the president to inform Americans about that struggle and how we will proceed." [ NYT ]
•5,000 volunteers make way to inaugural; lobbyists prepare for party circuit. [ WP , NYT ]
•"Celebration of democracy" almost ready; scalpers wait in the wings. [ WP , NYT ]
•Some Democrats leaving town or country during inauguration. [ NYT ]
•Not One Damn Dime participants want economic boycott on inauguration day. [ BG ]