1.0 link 154747 <![CDATA[Republicans To Flee DC For Obama Inauguration]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/02/republicans-to-flee-dc-fo_n_154747.html While millions descend on Washington for the historic inauguration of Barack Obama on January 20, some Republicans see it as an occasion to get out of town.

Out of power on both ends of Pennsylvania Ave and mostly out of favor on K Street, many emasculated elephants in the GOP herd will begin the Age of Obama with what amounts to an extended holiday vacation. Instead of fighting the quadrennial cold and what are expected to be record-setting crowds, they're heading...

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