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Inaugural Balls Promise Few Tickets, Long Lines
With the right connection and a bit of cash, you can party with the new president. The inaugural balls are set, all 10 of them for the night of Jan. 20. But do you really want to fight for a ticket? "It's very exciting to be there," says Inaugural Committee spokeswoman Linda Douglass, "but ...
The Associated Press: For inaugural balls, go for glitz, forget economy
google.com — 1 day ago WASHINGTON (AP) So you're attending an inaugural ball saluting the historic election of Barack... Obama in the worst economic climate in three generations. Can you get away with glitzing it up and still be appropriate, not to mention ... (more) The Associated Press: For inaugural balls, go for glitz, ...
Inaugural tickets go quickly
thehill.com — Buyers snapped up every last seat just seconds after 5,000 bleacher tickets for President-elect Obama’s inaugural parade... went on sale Friday. Sold for $25 through Ticketmaster, the tickets were gone in under a minute, according to a spokesman for the ... (more) Inaugural tickets go quickly
Inaugural Parade Tickets Sold Out "In Minutes" - Political Hotsheet
Inaugural Parade Tickets Sold Out "In Minutes" - Political Hotsheet
cbsnews.com — The five thousand tickets to the Inaugural parade released by the Presidential Inaugration Committee (PIC) at 1pm... today sold out "in minutes," CBS News' Andrea Bruce reports. PIC is still reeling from the demand of these tickets and trying to figure ... (more) Inaugural Parade Tickets Sold Out "In Minutes" - ...
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Daily Kos — Funny: The candidates for Republican National Committee chair have been talking about how to effectively campaign in the era of YouTube, Facebook and Twitter. But it looks like they're having problems with technology that first became widespread back when Eisenhower was president. A C-Span staffer has informed us that the RNC voted to close today's meeting, which is being held as a forum for the leadership candidates, and eject the cameramen and press so it won't be carried on TV or elsewhere. The Shepard Fairey portrait of Barack Obama was seen everywhere during the 2008 ...

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