Coronation Feat: The Big Day
• Address , expected to last 16 minutes, will focus "expansion of freedom." [ WP , BG ]
• Mayor Williams: "In general, we've struck a balance too far in favor of security and not enough in favor of openness." [ NYT ]
• Bushset for marathon of festivities. [ NYT ]
•100,000 spectators expected, unmoved by weather or security. [ WP ]
•Everyone eyesJenna, Barbara.Usmagazine on the prowl; they order their own drinks. [ WP ]
•Let the parties begin. . . [ WP ]
•Christian Conservatives have good reason to celebrate. [ NYT ]
•During the war,Roosevelthad no parade or parties. Scholar: "For most Americans, the wars on terrorism and in Iraq have been primarily 'spectator' wars, not 'participant' wars." [ WP ]
• Patakito measure national support at inauguration. [ NYT ]