<cite class="caption">AP – In this Thursday, Dec. 4, 2008 file photo, workers construct the inaugural platform at the west front …</cite>WASHINGTON – The inauguration committee of President-elect Barack Obama, who ran on a platform to change the way business is done in Washington, is selling four-day packages of four tickets to his historic swearing-in ceremony and parade plus some extras in exchange for $50,000.
The deal does represent a change. President Bush charged $250,000, selling his supporters a much bigger menu of inaugural goodies that featured candlelight dinners.
On Friday, members of the Obama National Finance Committee were spreading the word about their package to friends and associates around the country.
"We've been waiting for this day for eight years," crowed committee member Michael Caplin, when contacted by The Associated Press about the offer he was e-mailing to friends and associates.
The five-figure deals were being peddled at the same time a congressional proposal that would have banned the resale of inaugural tickets died in the Senate.
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