You know, I remember the inauguration speeches of my childhood as tedious, long winded, bloviated things, full of promises subject to interpretation, thumb-twiddling, watch-checking affairs of pomp and ceremony, but altogether, a welcome break from math or science or social studies, whatever subject lesson was scheduled for noon EST.
This time...it's enchanting, entrancing, less mass hysteria than mass euphoria. These people here--and indeed, I--are effin stoked.
Here are my tweets up until the swearing in:
 | swingstate Hugs and tears evolve into chants as Obama so help me gods. January 20, 2009 10:08 AM | |
| swingstate IT's passed noon, and though he hasn't sworn in Obama has not been proclaimed president by Wolf Blitzter. Convention crowd go nuts. | |
| swingstate wow...New Mexico democrats also give up the love for Yo Yo Ma. | |
| swingstate Only lightly hissing at the introduction of Warren for the convocation in the SF Convention Center. January 20, 2009 9:51 AM | |
| swingstate Spotted so far: Mayor Coss, Councilors Chavez and Wurzburger, Sen-elect Wirth, Rep.-elect Egolf, County Commissionaery Anaya. January 20, 2009 9:45 AM | |
| swingstate The swearing in hasn't even started and Councilor Rebecca Wurzburger is already all choked up. January 20, 2009 9:44 AM | |
| swingstate the conventio ncenter has booed Cheney arriving in his wheelchair | |
| swingstate videoing the mayor and lt gov at inaug wath party |
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