The misery of official inaugural balls

“I was reporting for ‘Nightline,'” he said. “I remember standing on the floor at the Omni Shoreham. There are people wandering around on the floor. It is mobbed with people, and there is nowhere to sit down or get a drink. Everyone is dressed up, but it is mostly folks from Toledo or Sacramento or Phoenix. They are all in town going, ‘Wow,’ but really you have spent a miserable evening.”