Inauguration: Looking back at yesterday

Pretty much every newspaper in the U.S. -- as well as a majority of newspapers in the world -- has Obama's inauguration on the cover : The Washington Post’s Balz writes, “Obama's somber address -- and his exhortation to the country to pull together -- fit the times in which they were delivered. ‘Today I say to you that the challenges we face are real,’ the president said. ‘They are serious, and they are many. They will not be met easily or in a short span of time. But know this, America: They will be met.’ Yet at a time of doubt and despair, and on a day when the stock market plummeted again, Obama's inauguration showed another side to the nation's current mood -- hopefulness and a sense of confidence that has been invested in a young and relatively untested new president.”  The New York Times : “Barack Obama’s Inaugural Address on Tuesday was a stark repudiation of the era of George W. Bush and the ideological certainties that surrounded it, wrapped in his pledge to drive the United ... (link)