Mariah Carey, Keys heat up inauguration balls

It's too bad that Ms. Carey only hit about 10% of her notes on key...if she were on American Idol, Simon would've given her a verbal flogging.  Quick, somebody put a plugin on her voice!

One thing is crystal clear, our new President is madly in love with his wife, and she him.  It's sooooo cool. 

beautiful, loving couple

Obama's dancing skills are bad but that probably comes from his hidden white half.

I was surprised that Michelle couldn't dance either but that was probably because of her dress.

I am having the time of my life watching this day unfold on tv and on this little computer. Life is great!

The first couple are absolutely charming appearing and dancing at all the balls. They do get it and that is so exciting. This is definitely a new day.

I do think the President is having issues with "the dress" while dancing with the First (very beautiful) Lady. We'll see.

Huckster obi wan obama looks like louis farrakhan in his bo jangles duds and hateful michelle............, how's your "pride" now...?

I love all the stars using private jets to get to DC. Word is 600 of them were parked at the airports. I guess the they really don't believe in global warming.

I'm surprised that Natalie Morales didn't know that Shirley Chisholm was a candidate for president before Jesse Jackson. But, I'm shocked that Jesse Jackson didn't correct her.

Being a Navy Vet and a military family, husband is a submariner on his 18th year of service, my favorite was the Commander-In-Chief Ball. The President's speech was sincere. I think it's great that the First Lady has an interest in we military families.  

Oh, please, Keith..."All women want is to see him dance with her?"  And Chris...Rachel is now the official commentator on women's inaugural fashions?   Can we please tone down the *sexism* just a *tad* on the cusp of the "changes we need in America?"

Shouldn't these people be working?

Its a good thing that Obama is here to enjoy the balls tonight.

Jessie wanted to take them away a few months ago.

So tomorrow the Obama worship will be over and real news will start to be reported?

Let's all hope he gets a good night's sleep; so critical to performing mental health in the busy, busy days ahead. Sheesh, Ted Kennedy didn't make it past lunchtime.  

I am glad that the primitive anti-Obama smear did not find a platform here. Anybody watching the inauguration could clearly see that it was the wish of the people to celebrate this event.  The critic on the Obamas celbrating with the people is totally inapropriate.

Wake up you sleepy head, it's time to get to work.  No more party time, hand waving or smiling for a photo.  We the people need to know that not only do you read well from a teleprompter but you can think for yourself and do the job you said you could do.  We the people can only help you so much President Obama. 

I heard oprah got a new dress for the ball. It was Monica's semen stained dress. Bill Clinton gave it to her

can someone tell me what blubbering beyonce' meant in her backstage interview when she said she was so overcome with emotion when she thought of everyting the obamas had "sacrificed" to get to the white house??

A sincere speech doesn't make someone great. Adolph Hitler and Joseph Stalin made sincere speeches. Did that make them great? And being cute and charming won't matter a hill of beans when the president is staring down a serious crisis. Oh the dumb and uninformed sheep you all are

The Arrogant Conservative Roberts made a fool out of himself by thinking too highly of himself to not READ the oath.  He thought he could memorize it but he failed.  Yep, you can tell he came from the Cheney/Bush Administration.

Aretha Franklin was god awful. The hat was awful, how much bigger can she get. I could not even understand her, she was so out of breath. She was awful!!!!

In my house we celebrated twice, once because NUMBER 43 was GONE, GONE, GONE and the second because number 44 was finally there. To the person who commented on the "no kiss" part, it was because Michelle did not want her lipstick smudged (I know I don 't) and not because she does not love Obama AND I have never, ever seen so much REPECT come from two married people. Notice how Obama asked the crowd how nice Mrs. Obama looked. Most men never remember that there may be TWO people invovled in the marriage and "business". Here is to better days in the U.S.A. and a much happier 2009.

Did the Obama's dance to At Last at each ball?

What about the comments made last night when they asked David Goodfriend, on MSNBC, what his thought were after the inaugural ball.  "...my thoughts and other parts of my anatomy go out to Michelle Obama and I think she held up beautifully and looks gorgeous."
A comment like this to our brand new first lady?  I can't be the only one that heard this and thought it was inappropriate.