Potty Crisis Could Gum Up Inauguration

Something stinks on Capitol Hill and it has nothing to do with usual suspect, Congress.

It is more basic: There are going to be far fewer porta-potties at President Obama's second Inauguration than his first. And while crowd estimates for Monday's event are less than half the 1.8 million who flooded the Mall in 2009, the bathroom count has been cut by about two-thirds, meaning potentially long lines at the portable restrooms.

"It could be a pissy Inauguration," said John Banzhaf, the George Washington University professor whose urgings in 2009 led to more porta-potties for the president's first Inauguration.

Dubbed the "Father of Potty Parity" for his previous potty patrol efforts, he is calling for more facilities for the Inauguration.
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