abcnews.go.com - 1/7/2009
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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 ...
google.com - 1/13/2009
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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 ...
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The Associated Press: For inaugural balls, go for glitz, ...
thehill.com - 1/9/2009
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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 ...
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Inaugural tickets go quickly
cbsnews.com - 1/9/2009
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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 ...
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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 ...
Hurl-Blogging The Inaugur-A-Palooza
Jules Crittenden —
[image] « Side Show Hurl-Blogging The Inaugur-A-Palooza Like every other international news network, major metro newspaper, wire service, 15-watt radio station, weekly shopper, blog, Twitter addict and zit-faced txt msgr out there, I’m gearing up for the Inauguration of the Century. I’m probably a little behind that curve, seeing as it’s a little more than a week away, but the great thing about liveblogging is, there isn’t much preparation required. Watch, free associate, rip off people who are actually working, link your pals, post. But something different is happening. A truly profound upheaval on the American political scene. And ...
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