Yea, I am not hoping for any of that badness happening.

I hope he turns out to be everything he's been hyped up to be. The world needs it, aside from the dire position the US is in at the moment. I hope he completes this term and the next and everything he's promised comes true. I hope he doesn't turn out to be a fraud.

I think people will try remorselessly to end his life because of what he represents to them. I hope they fail.

Newsflash: he will not live up to the hype. It's impossible.

SAY IT ISN"T SO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

All those promises, which I will be repeating for everyone who supported his bullshit, are not twuweeeee? No WAY?

Just bin watching the pre-inaugeration "festivities" on the BBC.
I know 24 hour news channels have to drag every last atom out of a story, but it was quite draining.

I had it on because I was eating a late lunch, and because - well, y'know - I know some Americans! But it was dire. The two presenters were just wandering through the crowds and talking to people, and complaining how cold it was. I think the temperature was mentioned about once every five seconds.

The only vaguely amusing thing was when the black reporter got a double take for his accent - one lady actually saying to him, "Ooh, you're British!!" and looked like she wanted to snog him. She giggled through the rest of the interview, making cows eyes at him. Not the height of political reporting, but far more interesting than the oft repeated, "We're here to see history being made" yawn. yawn, yawn.

Please don't think this is anti-American - the British general public are just as inane. That is why people on television are generally actors or presenters with scripted lines.

Oh, SG...yeah the coverage is crazy. Too much, imho.

I hope for less hype. Let's just let the guy get in there and see what he can do.

The hype just feeds the crap-spouters.

Seriously I can't listen to the inauguration emcee without hearing lines from How the Grinch Stole Christmas in my head.

Just watched the speech. Very stirring. I understand why many pundits worried he was "too European" to be elected.

I really appreciate him noting that there are Muslim Americans, and unbelieving Americans in his speech. One of the things I find odd about your country is this opting out of people. Even the lunatic fringe here rarely try to claim people are anti-British.

Good for him. And good for you. I'm a fan.

It was a great ceremony. Even though he flubbed the oath it was a historic day. I wish him the best.

I did not know there was such bad blood between the Clintons and Carter.

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalra...-snubs-cl.html

I was hoping for a lot more than that for Obama. His speeches while campaigning were excellent . I was just, well less than "in awe" with it. I thought it was good, ok, positive... not amazing or as inspirational as I expected. OH well. I wanna see it again either way. Circumstances here were not he best either.

Whoo hoo. House marathon on USA, don't have to watch the inauguration crap any more.

Ted Kennedy just collapsed at the post party.

I thought it was lizard people and psychosis? Wouldn't that be a funny twist to that theory.

YES WE CA......errrr......COULD!

Some bipartisan-sounding Senator on Fox just said right out that "Democrats made Iraq Bush's war," and now he hopes they'd treat Obama much differently. Yeah, sure, now that the responsiblity is their party's. They own it, and they better do a better job of winning it than any Republican did, or else.

Though what I think will happen is that Bush set up the favorable strategy and conditions -- no successful attacks on our soil after 9/11 despite sundry tries -- and Obama will take credit for the victory, if the GWOT is visibly winding down and the terrorist murderers/antiglobalists/abusers of women and their asswipe supporters with the mental acuity of donkeys are being run out of every country they've slipped into -- or dropped through gallows traps on a regular basis. Taking the credit will be, of course, with incomplete justification.

But foreign policy goals that are actually seen to be shared by all members of the parties' senior leadership would be a fine show of bipartisan goodness.