D.C. officials see great hope for city through Obama

An electric atmosphere took over the John A. Wilson Building Tuesday as D.C. government leaders, nearly all Democrats, celebrated the inauguration of a new president who represents not only their party but also a great deal of hope for the nation’s capital.

Most of the District’s elected leaders traipsed by escort to the crowded Capitol grounds for President Obama’s swearing-in ceremony — the D.C. Council sitting in the yellow section and Mayor Adrian Fenty with the nation’s governors.