RSS Feeds  Second inaugurations are usually smaller  Thursday -
1/17/2013, 7:37am  ET  Hank Silverberg,  WASHINGTON - Monday's
inauguration is expected to be both smaller and less expensive
than President Barack Obama's first swearing in four years ago.
"It is the president that we already now. It's not some fresh
new president," says American University historian Allan
Lichtman.  "Hopes are often dampened as you go into a second
term."  It's estimated about 800,000 people will attend Obama's
second swearing-in ceremony on Jan. 21, compared to 1.2 million
who attended in 2009.   "Except for the ceremony at the Capitol
itself, all the rest is not paid for by taxpayer dollars. It is
paid for by private donations," says Lichtman.  A spokesman for
The Presidential Inaugural Committee says the committee expects
to spend about $55 million in private donations on the events,
such as the parade, the balls and the "Day of Service" events.
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