Yes, indeed. While I’m personally not a fan of huge crowd events, no matter what the occasion, most people feel differently and a million or more of them are determined to “be there” to see the first black President of the United States inaugurated. And honestly, even if Obama cancelled the event, I think most of them would show up anyway, to protest, saying he’d been pressured to do it, and that there’s no way a wildly popular white President-elect would have been pressured to cancel his public inauguration over security/expense concerns. Every once in a while, the federal government does something right, and this is one of those all too rare occasions.
What are you, brain-dead?
First of all, the level of security necessary is directly proportional to the delusional megalomaniac involved and his supporters.
Remember the fancy set and the Greek columns incident? The subject that was all but banned from MSM reportage? You don't see the connection?
Socialists and dictators are big on "legacy" and pomp. This particular loser has started his legacy off with a bang!
I predict it will be a historic bang.