https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2013/01/15/psst-the-obama-inauguration-is-still-big-and-flashy/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 03:33:21 -0400<![CDATA[The inaugural team made a show of announcing that the festivities to mark Obama’s second Inauguration would be greatly curtailed this year as a nod to tough economic times. Rather than the 10 official balls that the president and first lady zipped around to in 2009, this year there would be only two: the Commander-in-Chief’s Ball, for 4,000 servicemen and -women and families of deployed soldiers, and then another for everyone else.]]>Tue, 15 Jan 2013 07:35:58 -0500<![CDATA[Erika Johnsen]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2013/01/15/psst-the-obama-inauguration-is-still-big-and-flashy-n99238