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NBC's Chuck Todd ran down Obama's appointment calendar for Tuesday morning: an overnight stay at Blair House, coffee at the White House with his predecessor, a motorcade to Capitol Hill. Then comes the speech. Todd noted Obama's "thoughtful approach" to public speaking. George Stephanopoulos, anchor of ABC's This Week contrasted that with his former boss: "Bill Clinton back in 1992 basically did an all-nighter, past four o'clock in the morning." CBS' Jeff Greenfield summed up "215 years, 42 men, 55 speeches, most of them forgotten as soon as the words were spoken." He came up with three lone exceptions: Abraham Lincoln's second With Malice Towards None; Franklin Roosevelt's first Unscrupulous Moneychangers; and John Kennedy's only Let us Never Negotiate out of Fear; but Let us Never Fear to Negotiate.
CBS' Bill Plante played show-and-tell with the Lincoln Bible, which Obama will use to take the oath of office. "It is not really the Lincoln family bible," Plante explained. Lincoln had to slip into Washington in the middle of the night for fear of an assassin so he left his belongings en route. The bible on which he swore was one of several kept in storage at the Supreme Court for ceremonial purposes.
Besides Stephanopoulos, both NBC and CBS invited commentary from their Sunday morning hosts. Bob Schieffer of CBS' Face the Nation was impressed with the bipartisan "feeling of goodwill" in the nation's capital. NBC's David Gregory from Meet the Press remarked on the engagement of the citizenry in politics.
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