[Straight Vermonter]

The secret for finding tickets is to call your local Demorat Congress Critter. They have less demand.

Leahy's office just laughs when I ask for them. Jeffords and Sanders say they'll get back to me. I am still waiting to hear back from them for the 2001 inaugural.

[TaxRelief]

Down here, we've got 7 Dem Congress Critters to hit up. Some are very helpful. Guess it helps to be in a bigger state, eh?

You can always buy tickets from www.greatseats.com (if you're nuts, that is)

[tgslTakoma]

I can't remember who wrote the article where I got this info, but in it they wrote that ticket scalpers were buying the FREE inaugural ceremony tickets from congressional staffers and in turn, were going to sell them for a premium price.

My guess is that angry Dem staffers are trying to turn a quick buck by selling their congressman's allotment of the free tickets; after all, why would they want to help out people who want to go to the inaugural ceremonies of their enemy - our president.

But that's just my cynical guess.