Presidential Inauguration Not Good News to Everyone

   Inaugural festivities will be underway in Washington DC from dawn to dusk as the President celebrates the start of his next four years in office.
   The President and Vice President were both officially sworn in to their second term yesterday - in  small, private ceremonies.
       But today is the chance for a crowd of as many as 800,000 people to gather to celebrate the next four years.
      However, today's inauguration comes with mixed reviews.
      University of Central Oklahoma political professor, Doctor Louis Furmanski, says four years ago our nation was dealing with the recovery of our economy, and still today, four years later, not a lot has been accomplished.
     Doctor Furmanski says gridlock at the nation's capitol has limited any form of economic progress.
But as the president enters his second term, Doctor Furmanski says there's a feeling of guarded optimism in Washington.
    Doctor Furmanski also says some of the biggest issues the President and Congress will have to address in the near future are: The debt ceiling, the sequestration, and gun control laws.
       But, as deeply divided as the nation's capital is, today is a day Washington puts politics aside to honor the office of the Presidency.
       The president will be sworn in today with bibles used by two historical icons - Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King Jr.
       Then he'll deliver an inaugural address the White House says will acknowledge the current partisan divide - and strike a hopeful tone.Presidential Inauguration Not Good News to Everyone

Posted: Monday, January 21 2013, 07:45 AM CST