huffingtonpost.com - 1/13/2009
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White House reporters for The New York Times predict that the market collapse will force President-elect Barack Obama to abandon for now many of his campaign promises.
If his stimulus plan "doesn't work out, he may very well be a one-term president," said Jeff Zeleny, who covered Obama's ...
Save The New York Times (NYT)
alleyinsider.com 1/22/2009 — Some people consider NYT content worth paying for (approx 850,000 print subs) Offering the content online for free reduces the incentive to pay for it Online unit ad rates are (and will be) under pressure because of a massive glut of online inventory ...
Joe the Reporter
poliblogger.com 1/14/2009 — Via the Jerusalem Post : Joe the Plumber is here, and he ain’t happy
The people of Sderot “can’t do normal things day to day,” like get soap in their eyes in the shower, for fear a rocket might come in, Wurzelbacher said. ...
New York Times: We're Not Going Bankrupt In May (NYT)
alleyinsider.com 1/14/2009 — Titanic.jpg The New York Times Company responded in detail to Michael Hirschorn's article in the Atlantic worrying that the company might go bankrupt in May. NYTCo's bottom line? We're not dead yet. And it's true: The immediate cash problem is not as ...
Obama Economic Speech: Warns Of Dire Consequences Without Stimulus
huffingtonpost.com 1/8/2009 — WASHINGTON — President-elect Barack Obama said Thursday that the nation's recession could "linger for years" unless Congress acts to pump unprecedented sums from Washington into the U.S. economy, making his highest-profile case yet on an issue ...
Obama Warns of Further Economic Pain
nytimes.com 12/7/2008 — Barack Obama said that the economy seems likely to get worse before it gets better, but pledged to pursue a recovery plan “equal to the task ahead.” >
Obama warns of need for stimulus bill right away - Yahoo! News
news.yahoo.com 2/5/2009 — WASHINGTON President Barack Obama warned on Thursday that failure to act on an economic recovery package could plunge the nation into a long-lasting recession that might prove irreversible, a fresh call to a recalcitrant Congress to move quickly. In ...
NOW CNN Warns That we 'Barely Know' Obama?
newsbusters.org 12/1/2008 — CNN is warning Americans that already making Barack Obama into one of America's greatest "heroes" may not be a good idea. Despite the fact that Barack Obama has yet to take office, despite that he has yet to really do anything to earn that status, ...
Bernanke: More bank bailouts needed —
CNN Political Ticker 1/13/2009
Bernanke says more bailouts are needed.
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Tuesday that President-elect Barack Obama's proposed fiscal stimulus package could help the economy, but he added that additional ...
Oh, to be president... —
First Read 1/13/2009
From NBC's Domenico MontanaroFun exchange just now between Sens. Kerry and Clinton... Kerry asked about an incoming Obama administration's stance. Here's the exchange, paraphrased roughly: CLINTON: [in response] Mr. President...KERRY: ...
Obama-Bush teams test preparedness —
First Read 1/13/2009
From NBC's John Yang At the White House today, officials of the Bush administration and the incoming Obama administration are dealing with a simultaneous terrorist attack on several major American cities -- bombs targeting ...
Capitol Crowds —
WSJ.com: Politics And Policy 1/13/2009
No head count is planned for President-elect Barack Obama's Jan. 20 inauguration. Figures range from three million, according to the mayor, to a more conservative one million. Mr. Obama won't be the first to draw a big crowd.
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