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For America, the simple act of electing an African-American man as president is a large accomplishment and proud moment. In an article on CNN.com it talks about how Barack Obama plans to be a wonderful president for the United States. In the past, Obama has always looked up to President Lincoln and the accomplishments he achieved while in office. Obama will also be the first president to use the Lincoln Bible for his inauguration since Lincoln used it in 1861.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/17/lincoln.obsession/index.html#cnnSTCText


Obamas inauguration speech was, to say the least, very down to earth. Unlike historic past inauguration speeches like John F. Kennedy's in 1961: "Ask not what your country can do for you, Ask what you can do for your country.'' Obama’s speech said "we must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off and begin the work of remaking America.'' Obama focused more on addressing that America was in a sad place, but he as our president can help with the recovery. Obama gave his speech to be reassuring not popular or well liked but comforting and positive.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/20/schneider.obama.speech/index.html

About 7.7 million people watched the inauguration on Tuesday online at the same time, according to Akamai Technologies Inc. That likely makes the inauguration the single most watched event in the history of live Web video. Many sites, news, YouTube, social networking sites and company sites broadcasted the inauguration. CNN.com Live estimates that it had 1.3 million simultaneous video feeds just before Obama's inauguration on Tuesday morning. That may be a record for live video on the Internet. YouTube set a record with 700,000 viewers.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/01/21/inauguration.online.video/index.html

An estimated 1.5 million people flooded the National Mall Tuesday for the inauguration. With such a memorial event taking place with the inauguration or president Obama, many individuals left the event “disgusted” and “angry”. People who had been weeping tears of joy and calling the inauguration the best day of their lives, turned to shoving each other as the clock reached the noon hour and Obama became the 44th president of the United States. Even officials like John Bull, village mayor of Coxsackie, New York, didn't make it into the event. "When you get a ticket through your senator, you expect to get a spot," he said.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/21/inauguration.problems.irpt/index.html