Uploaded January 2009 | Updated September 2026, 5 hours ago
Yes we're cold! ... most of us anyway. President Obama was soon to be inaugurated and the crowd was pouring in from everywhere. I met a couple of new friends from Michigan near the White House and Blair House at Lafayette Park. We made our way up to the White House fence, mostly obscured by inauguration construction for this introductory interview. Even though they were from Michigan now and Chicago formerly, everyone was cold. "Yes we can" could have been supplemented with, "Yes we're cold."
Yes we're cold! ... most of us anyway. President Obama was soon to be inaugurated and the crowd was pouring in from everywhere. I met a couple of new friends from Michigan near the White House and Blair House at Lafayette Park. We made our way up to the White House fence, mostly obscured by inauguration construction for this introductory interview. Even though they were from Michigan now and Chicago formerly, everyone was cold. "Yes we can" could have been supplemented with, "Yes we're cold."










