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These Four Historians Have Some Thoughts About Today's Inauguration
10:23 AM EDT
Collectively, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Robert Caro, Michael Beschloss, and Douglass Brinkley have written more than a dozen popular and thoughtful books about American presidents ranging from Abraham Lincoln to John F. Kennedy, Theodore Roosevelt to Ronald Reagan. They've won Pulitzer Prizes, the National Book Award, and even an Emmy.
So we asked them to sit down and discuss the historical significance of a Presidential Inauguration and what it means for President Obama to begin second term.