The 3:00 AM wind reduces us to human ice sculptures, but our spirits keep us warm and awake. Among the other 150,000 silver section ticket holders, we wait in a crowd that resembles more of a cattle drive than an actual security line. The miserable cold paired with impatience makes for a very, very long countdown to the Inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44^th President of the United States of America. Almost 100 people break into the Electric Slide while singing "Move Bush, get out the way, get out the way Bush, get out the way!" Barricades are broken down, people run across the frozen reflecting pool, a sea of waving flags stretches all the way to the Lincoln Memorial. As far as the eye can see, anticipation sweeps the masses. And then President Obama addresses the nation - as 2 million Americans listen in silence.