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Election Central Morning Roundup
TPM Election Central — ... The D.C. council has modified their recent legislation to allow bars to remain open for 24 hours a day in the run-up to Barack Obama's inauguration, a law that was designed to accommodate the rush of tourists and to stimulate the local economy. The original bill allowed bars to continue serving alcohol until 5 a.m., but that has now been rolled back to 4 a.m. -- a very slight concession to law-enforcement officials who oppose the idea entirely. ...

Ok now this is just getting exhausting
Anne Schroeder's Blog — Looks like Dianne Feinstein and Bob Bennett kinda sorta got their point across. Last week they asked that the Last Call voted on by D.C. councilpeople be reversed because, really, nothing good happens from the hours 2-5 a.m. And now, the last call during Inaug has miraculously been moved up an hour. The D.C. folk said they would budge a little bit and have now declared last call to be at 4a.m. (h/t FamousDC.)

Is There Something Smaller than a Baby Step?
Hit & Run — ... Bonus: The city is also letting bars stay open until 4:00 a.m. If this is what Obama's America is like, perhaps I was wrong about the man. ...