Inauguration tickets are counted and distributed on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Jan. 12, 2009.
A US Capitol Police Officer keeps an eye on the VIP podium where Barack Obama will be sworn as the 44th US President as the National Mall and Washington Monument are seen to the rear on January 12, 2009 at the US Capitol. This mall area is expected to fill beyond capacity with people during the presidential inauguration on Janurary 20.
Stacks of Barack Obama t-shirts sit on a shelf at the Official Inaugural Collectibles store in Washington Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2009, in anticipation of Barack Obama's inauguration Jan. 20.
A commuter uses her metro ticket featuring a picture of President-elect Barack Obama in Washington, DC, on January 15, 2009. Obama and his family will check into Blair House, the historic US presidential guest house just across the avenue from their future White House residence. (
The sun sets on the US Capitol, late January 15, 2009 where the 44th US President, Barack Obama, will be inaugurated January 20, 2009.
A wax figure of US President-elect Barack Obama is unveiled in a recreation of the White House's Oval Office at the Madame Tussauds waxwork museum in London, on January 15, 2009. (Leon Neal/AFP/Getty Images) #
also the Obey-Andre the Giant poster of a few years back. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) #
Workers finish the walkway from the White House to the reviewing stand as preparations continue for President-elect Barack Obama's Inaugural Reviewing Stand on Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House in Washington, Saturday, Jan. 10, 2009.(AP Photo/Ron Edmonds) #
Motorcycle police participate in a rehearsal of the upcoming parade to celebrate the inauguration of U.S. President-elect Barack Obama in Washington, January 11, 2009. (REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst) #
NASA astronaut Rex Waheim holds the flag while in a space suit outside the Small Pressurized Rover( SPR) during a demonstration Friday, Jan. 9, 2009, at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. NASA's moon buggy will participate in President-elect Barack Obama's inaugural parade with the crew of the latest shuttle mission and this small rover, that is the current design for a mission to the moon in about 12 years. It will be driven by astronaut Michael Gernhardt. (AP Photo/Chronicle, Nick de la Torre ) #
A woman checks a watch printed wtih picture of President-elect Barack Obama at a roadside store as preparations continue for Obama's inauguration ceremony in Washington, DC, on January 14, 2009. (JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images) #
Kristin Aldridge of West Chester, PA., surveys a magazine from a stand featuring President-elect Obama and his family on their covers at a Penn Station news stand in New York, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2009. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens) #
A blue line down Constitution Avenue indicates the route of the Inaugural Parade January 17, 2009 in Washington, DC. (Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images) #
U.S. President-elect Barack Obama gets into a Presidential limousine bearing the license plate "44" after laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, January 18, 2009. (REUTERS/Jim Young) #
Crowds fill the Mall as they attend the the "We are One" Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial January 18, 2009 in Washington, DC. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images) #
U.S. President-elect Barack Obama speaks in front of the Lincoln Memorial during the "We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration At The Lincoln Memorial" on January 18, 2009 at the National Mall in Washington, DC. (Justin Sullivan/Getty) #
Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama speaks at a campaign rally in Fayetteville, North Carolina, October 19, 2008. (REUTERS/Jim Young)
Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., speaks to a crowd of 75,000 at Waterfront Park in Portland, Oregon, Sunday, May 18, 2008. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson) #
US Democratic presidential candidate Illinois Senator Barack Obama on the tarmac near his campaign plane in Reno, Nevada, September 29, 2008. (EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images) #
A woman is overcome with emotion after meeting Democratic presidential candidate Illinois Senator Barack Obama at a rally on October 3, 2008 in Abington, Pennsylvania. (STAN HONDA/AFP/Getty Images) #
US Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama is reflected in a teleprompter as he speaks at a campaign rally in Philadelphia, October 11, 2008. (REUTERS/Jim Young) #
Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama is shown on television screens during the final presidential debate with Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2008. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) #
Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama waves as he arrives at a rally in Henderson, Nev., Saturday, Nov. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) #
Democratic presidential candidate Illinois Senator Barack Obama walks from his plane on October 3, 2008 after arriving in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on his way to a rally in Abington, Pennsylvania. (STAN HONDA/AFP/Getty Images) #
Supporters of Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) listen to his speech during a downpour during a campaign rally at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia September 27, 2008. (REUTERS/Jason Reed) #
US Senator Barack Obama addresses the crowd on day 4 of the Democratic National Convention as it concluded at Invesco Field in Denver, CO on Thursday, August 28, 2008. (Yoon S. Byun/Globe Staff) #
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama speaks during a rally in Charlotte, N.C., Sunday, Sept. 21, 2008. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson) #
Democratic presidential candidate Illinois Senator Barack Obama is photographed October 3, 2008 at the airport in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania before flying to Chicago. (STAN HONDA/AFP/Getty Images) #
Democratic presidential nominee U.S. Sen. Barack Obama exits his vehicle as he arrives to board his plane October 27, 2008 in Chicago, Illinois. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images) #
Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama (lower right) waves as he arrives at a rally of 100,000 supporters in St. Louis, Mo., Saturday, Oct. 18, 2008. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) #
On the eve of the US presidential election, Democratic presidential candidate Illinois Senator Barack Obama speaks during his last campaign rally for the 2008 presidential race in Manassas, Virginia, November 03, 2008. (EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images) #
Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama speaks as supporters are reflected in the teleprompter at a rally in St. Louis, Mo., Saturday, Oct. 18, 2008. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) #
US Democratic presidential candidate Illinois Senator Barack Obama shares a fist bump with Ethan Gibbs, the five year-old son of campaign communication director Robert Gibbs, upon disembarking from his campaign plane at Dulles airport in Chantilly, Virgina, on October 22, 2008. (EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images) #
Democratic presidential nominee U.S. Sen. Barack Obama speaks during a campaign event at Colorado State University October 26, 2008 in Fort Collins, Colorado. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images) #
Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama walks down the steps at the gateway arch in St. Louis, Mo., Saturday, Oct. 18, 2008. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) #
US Democratic presidential candidate Illinois Senator Barack Obama is welcomed by his wife Michelle and daughters Malia, 11 and Sasha, 7, upon landing in Pueblo, Colorado, on November 01, 2008. (EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images) #
US President-elect Senator Barack Obama enters the stage with his two daughters, Sasha and Malia, and his wife Michelle to speak to supporters during his election night rally after being declared the winner of the 2008 U.S. Presidential Campaign in Chicago November 4, 2008. (REUTERS/Jim Young) #
A spectator raises her fist in celebration seconds after it was announced that Barack Obama will be the 44th President of the United States at Ebenezer Baptist Church, Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008.