Prelude

Inauguration tomorrow! Four more years of George W. Bush’s administration! These are the headlines for the day the parties and balls begin, in the Washington newspaper:

Meanwhile on the West Coast:

The poll, conducted Saturday through Monday, found that the percentage of Americans who believed the situation in Iraq was “worth going to war over” had sunk to a new low of 39%. When the same question was asked in a similar poll in October, 44% said it had been worth going to war.