Like father, like son: Bush set to take oath.(G)(INAUGURATION)

From: The Washington Times | Date: January 19, 2001 | Copyright information

Byline: Frank J. Murray

George Walker Bush thrived for 54 years in the shadow of George Herbert Walker Bush, but at noon tomorrow, the son will eclipse the father he idolizes.

For the second time in American history, the eldest son of a U.S. president assumes the powerful office previously entrusted to his father. That distinction long was unique to John Quincy Adams, who became the sixth president 24 years after his father and namesake retired as the second...