For my Republican friends here is a link to the discussion on Hannity's website. It does say he is a bit pretentious in being more publicly displaying the information, but it is legal. It also references Reagan's letterhead.
Hannity Website The next link is a former Reagan Chief of Staff discussing comparisons of Obama's transition to Reagan's transition.
National Journal (link)Next we'll reference About.com's numbers on Presidential Transitions:
About.com (link)Finally you can read a little about several transitions and costs in a GSA document:
GSA Document (PDF Format) (link)The bottom line, Obama is a popular President-Elect who is legally the President-Elect since the selection become "apparent." It didn't have to wait for any certification. President Obama is preparing a tax cut that irritates the irrational Republicans but delights the true Conservatives (a title that I do not give exclusively to Republicans). By the way, it is irritating the irrational Democrats too.
I think a lot of people voted Republican just because of "religious" issues and didn't look at the facts. "He is for abortion and that will mean anybody voting for him will go to hell." That is nothing short of ridiculous. the abortion issue hasn't changed under even a combined Republican Congress and Presidency which has happened since Roe v Wade. Newsflash: It isn't going to change any time in the near future.
So if you think the Republican Party has exclusive rights to religion or is the only party with conservative ideas you might want to get your head out of the sand. It is awful dark in that hole and you can't really see what is going on. Bush has already proven a Republican can be fiscally liberal to the point someone recently claimed to me (on this forum) his low rating was because of that point. In my opinion his low rating is because he made some really bad decisions.
On January 20 we'll start judging President Obama. At that point he will be where the buck stops. Until then he is simply setting the stage like any other previous President-Elect except he has access to more media than ever thanks to our technological advancement. So, in short, "get over it."