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Obama’s inauguration cost is going to become quite expensive. The cost of President-elect Barack Obama’s presidential inauguration is rumored to cost between $150 and $160 million to pull off. Having such a high cost for the Obama inauguration of course brings to mind comparisons between Obama’s and that of past Presidents of the United States. The last inauguration, which took place in 2005 for President George W. Bush cost only $42.3 million, whereas the 1993 inauguration for President Bill Clinton totaled $33 million.

The cost of the enormous budget is only partly to blame for inflation and a rising cost to product in the economy, but mostly it will be because of the extreme differences planned to take place at this inauguration that weren’t quite as needed in the past. The reasoning coming from Washington, is that most of the new federal funding that has been dedicated from the White House to help with soaring costs is due to the expected attendance. It is being reported that the huge influx of people to the area of Washington is estimated at between 1.5 to 2 million people.

To deal with all of the people coming to Washington for the inauguration, President Bush even took the step of declaring the District of Columbia in a state of emergency. This is something that is typically only done when something like a disaster takes place, and is most seen when floods or fires take place. Now Washington is being declared in this state of emergency simply because so many people are expected to want to witness the inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama. The hope now is that the weather holds out, and that there isn’t snow on the day of the inauguration, because that could cause costs to grow even more, and could lead to more emergency funding being needed.

One of the things that have to be on the top of everyone’s agenda for planning this inauguration is the importance of safety and making a smooth transition. It seems like an immense expense that could be spent better elsewhere on one hand, but also a scary thought that it takes this much money to help not only protect the incoming President of the United States but the millions of people in the audience. With such a hefty price-tag, the American people are going to expect (rightly so) quite a show when the parade and inauguration take place, and the promise of a new direction for the country should soon follow.

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WASHINGTON (AP) – A House Democrat is daring Senate leaders to block a black man from taking President-elect Barack Obama’s vacated Senate seat.

Rep. Bobby Rush of Illinois points out that Roland Burris would be the only black man in a chamber populated overwhelmingly by white senators.

Senate Democratic leaders earlier Tuesday added an explicit note of support for Burris personally, but not for his appointment by the embattled governor of Illinois, Rod Blagojevich. The leaders said the Democratic caucus would refuse to seat Burris if Blagojevich appoints him, and called their stance a reflection of the scandal-tainted governor.

Blagojevich denies charges that he tried to sell Obama’s Senate seat for personal gain.

The 71-year-old Burris is a former Illinois attorney general.

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So Caroline Kennedy wants to be the next senator for New York, Well isn’t that special? Let’s look at her qualifications,

1. ahh, She is a resident of New Yorks Upper east side

2. ahh, She is a Kennedy

3. ahh, ahh, She wrote a book

Well dog gone it, she deserves it,

Enough with the non sense, Caroline Kennedy is going to run because, she is being asked by the far left to run, and she is being brain washed into it, because of her name, This is not all that different from other high profile names, Arnold Swartznegger, Jesse Ventura, and a variety of other big name people, And the funny thing is, the ignorant people will vote these types in every time.

The same thing happens when a politician dies in office, and right away the will try to get the spose to run in the position, this is the symphathy vote, it almost allways works.

Now I like Caroline as much as the next person, but there are a lot of politicians more qualified, Heck she has not even voted half the time in the last 2 decades.

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