An Inaugural, like any good overture, prefigures the rest of the show. Which is why the Clintons are being very careful this time. Four years ago, new to town and a little stagestruck, they sprawled fireworks and Warren Beatty over four days, a coronation paid for by the FORTUNE 500 and capped by 30-year-old White House aides standing in line to pose in their evening wear for Vanity Fair. When the Clintons' populist presumptions outpaced their skill at scheduling, they left out in the cold hundreds of well-wishers who had been promised a chance to shake the new President's hand. The...
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