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President Obama's First Inaurgeration Set A Record 1.8 Million... TomCADem Jan 2013 #1
Folks HAD focused when projections were going down, elleng Jan 2013 #3
Where would they put another million people? They are guessing anyway. judesedit Jan 2013 #7
In the Tidal Basin? Potomac River??? elleng Jan 2013 #17
Another historic moment.. Permanut Jan 2013 #2
E pluribus unum FailureToCommunicate Jan 2013 #4
That was today??? Trailrider1951 Jan 2013 #5
No, not really. THIS was today: FailureToCommunicate Jan 2013 #6
Wouldn't that work out to .3% of the country? JoeyT Jan 2013 #8
Can you imagine dotymed Jan 2013 #9
I think it was 1 million. I was watching the parade from the rooftop of one of my colleagues. That Liberal_Stalwart71 Jan 2013 #10
That must have been great! n/t livetohike Jan 2013 #11
It was stunning!!! :) Liberal_Stalwart71 Jan 2013 #12
My niece was there and even had tickets for the ball livetohike Jan 2013 #13
I did. I am very lucky, as is your niece. I hope you get to see pics soon. Liberal_Stalwart71 Jan 2013 #14
RW news and commentary sites will likely adjust that to "several thousand" IDemo Jan 2013 #15
but...but...but... FAUX News sed turnout was lower this time jpak Jan 2013 #16
The news said the number had to be close to 1M since they had to shut off the mall due to crowding. SunSeeker Jan 2013 #18
Don't know how they'd 'close' the Mall, but elleng Jan 2013 #19
I don't see how they could either, other than diverting people as they came up the side streets. nt SunSeeker Jan 2013 #20
The access points were limited from the outset marions ghost Jan 2013 #21
Wow. Thanks for the info. nt SunSeeker Jan 2013 #22
Contrast that with the 2005 inauguration ET Awful Jan 2013 #23
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