My mom and dad are huge Barack Obama fans, which is really weird because my father is a lifelong Republican. Up until Obama came along, his political idols were Barry Goldwater and Ronald Reagan. Go figure.

Anyway, they went to DC to watch Obama’s swearing-in, and they just sent me these photos.

This post is kinda like the Crossblog’s party photos, only it’s a Democrat party and the images are of my parents, not drunken young dudes chatting up young women with the promise that their pics will be prominently displayed on an influential Internets site.

Mom and Obama.

Mrs. Obama and my dad.

Mom, AFSCME lobbyist Ray Harris (who I’ve known for almost 20 years) and state Sen. Kimberly Lightford.

Dan Shomon, one of Obama’s consultants, and my mom. Dan and I met when he was a Statehouse reporter at UPI.

Unknown blonde. Evidently, my father was holding the camera. So, I suppose this is a little like the Crossblog.

Mom and Senate President Emil Jones. I shudder to think what he told her about me.