expecting. we remember the historic and huge crowds there for president obama s first inauguration. crowd counting is a big sport in washington and it is disputed by people who think it is not a reliable number. last time around there were aerial shots and people went to great pains to actually count heads and estimate it and came up with almost 2 million people. nobody expects it to viral that. the crowd estimates ben 600,000 and 800,000 people. do not rule out the possibility that organizers are low balling and playing the expectations game assaying it could be as few as 600 so when it is a bit more than that it won t look as scant as it was four years ago at nearly 4 million. four years ago the administration raised about $53 million all with contributions of no more than $50,000 from the private sector. this year they blew off the regulations and decided to take it where they could get it