Barack Obama Inaugural Speech

There was no part of "the speech" that will live in history. Nothing Obama said comes close to the emotional impact of the opening line of his Iowa caucus victory speech.

At the Center for Constitutional rights, forty people gathered to watch the inauguration, pleased to witness Bush's departure. "Don't let the rotor blades hit you on the way out," warned CCR's database manager.

Obama's mentioning in his inauguration speech of some of the world's great religions can be seen as recognition not just of the people who follow them, but that religion is an immense cultural resource.

The serene statement delivered yesterday by Barack Obama, with his manner of carefully constructed arguments and invocations to harmony, condemned all the rhetoric to be left in the 20th century.

I am dancing with joy to see the transfer of power from a man who governed in secrecy and subterfuge to one who pledges in his Inaugural Address "to do his business in the light of day."

Obama's inaugural address was a good speech, but not truly canonical. Nevertheless, the inaugural address contained many passages that will enter into the mystic chords of memory.

***SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEO*** WASHINGTON — A top aide says Barack Obama's inauguration address will call on Americans to embrace a new era of res...