Last Monday, I spent the day watching the presidential inauguration on TV, feeling wistful of my time in 2009, standing out in the cold in D.C. to watch President Obama get sworn in the first time around. It was such an once in a lifetime-type experience and one of my favorite memories of living in Washington. As the day went on, I wished I was there to be part of it again, and that this time meant the same as it did before. Four years later there was simply less of that magical feeling, like the enthusiasm had burned just a tad less bright. There was a less ecstatic hopeful tone and more of a tempered, pragmatic and strategic sense of “Let’s get to work!”
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