In contrast, Obama's inaugural address sounded more like a memo filled with bullet points, written by a committee.

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The tone of Obama's inaugural address Monday will be "hopeful, " White House senior adviser David Plouffe said Sunday.

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Obama's inaugural address "was trying basically to throw a bone to every left-wing activist group he could, " said Rep. Dave Schweikert, R-Arizona.

CNN: January 23, 2013 -- Updated 1714 GMT (0114 HKT)