1.0 link 155841 <![CDATA[Obama Whistlestop Tour: Ordinary Americans Invited]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/07/obama-whistlestop-tour-or_n_155841.html WASHINGTON &mdash; President-elect Barack Obama has invited a group of "everyday Americans" to join him and Vice President-elect Joe Biden on their Whistle Stop Tour to the nation's capital on the Saturday before Inauguration Day.

Obama's presidential inaugural committee announced the plans for the Philadelphia-to-Washington train ride on Wednesday, adding another element to the expanding horizon of parties and events associated with Obama's and Biden's oath-taking Jan. 20 at the West Front of the U.S. Capitol.

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