firstread.msnbc.msn.com - 11/9/2008
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From NBC/NJ’s Athena Jones CHICAGO -- In a roughly 20-minute news conference that began with a statement about the new jobs numbers (240,000 jobs lost in October), President-elect Obama says Washington must work quickly to deal with economic crisis.
He emphasized, as he had throughout the campaign, that there is one president at a time, and he also stressed the need for bipartisanship in dealing with the crisis. He laid out some of the same points he had been making on the trail, a need ...
Obama Holds First News Conference as President-Elect
voices.washingtonpost.com 11/7/2008 — President-elect Barack Obama issued his remarks as prepared for delivery at his media availability on the economy today in Chicago. His remarks follow: This morning, we woke to more sobering news about the state of our economy. The 240,000 jobs lost ...
Palin's Newser
corner.nationalreview.com 11/13/2008 — Greetings from Miami, where Sarah Palin has just finished a news conference. It wasn't much of one. She took four questions and spoke for a little under seven minutes, leaving everyone pretty amazed at the brevity of it all. She didn't say anything ...
The World Newser
blogs.abcnews.com 12/3/2008 — The World Newser is World News' daily blog. Here, you'll find our staff's thoughts on the day's news and the way we build our broadcast. Plus, we'll share reports from our team of correspondents in the field, as well as producers behind-the-scenes.
President-elect holds Chicago press conference
change.gov 12/17/2008 — President-elect Barack Obama will be holding a press conference in Chicago's Drake Hotel at 10:45 central, 11:45 eastern this morning. We'll have pictures soon after.
President-Elect Barack Obama
washingtonmonthly.com 11/5/2008 — PRESIDENT-ELECT BARACK OBAMA.... At 11 p.m. EST, the networks have called California, Oregon, Washington, and Hawaii for Barack Obama. And with that announcement, Obama will be the 44th president of the United States. Yes. He. Did....
President Obama - President Obama News Articles
newser.com 3/20/2009 — What is Newser? Face it: there's too much news. At Newser, we choose the most important stories from hundreds of US and international sources and reduce them to a headline, picture, and two paragraphs. And we do it 24/7 you can come back morning, ...
Obama already holds bully pulpit
features.csmonitor.com 11/10/2008 — Barack Obama speaks, and the world listens – more intently, at this point, than it does to the actual president of the United States. President-elect Obama can inspire and alarm, calm markets or add to jitters. And with the nation in economic crisis, ...
President-Elect Barack Obama
blanksslate.blogspot.com 11/5/2008 — I have no illusions about an Obama presidency. I dislike the bulk of his policies. I cringe at the thought of a united Democrat-controlled government. I think the already impossible expectations of any president have been amplified for him and he ...
Congratulations, President-Elect Obama
rossdouthat.theatlantic.com 11/5/2008 — Like many conservative writers, my good opinion of Barack Obama
diminished somewhat over the course of the campaign. Part of this was
the inevitable hardening of the partisan arteries that takes place during a Presidential year, but part of it was ...
Obamas, Bushes to meet at White House —
CNN Political Ticker 11/9/2008
President Bush and first lady Laura Bush will welcome the Obamas to the White House on Monday.
(CNN) — Barack and Michelle Obama will get a tour of their future home Monday as they meet with the Bushes at the White House.
President Bush and ...
Churches reflect on Obama election —
msnbc.com: Politics 11/9/2008
Pastor Shirley Caesar-Williams opened her sermon Sunday at Mount Calvary Word of Faith Church with a prayer of thanks for the election of Barack Obama — at the risk of her flock getting "more excited over this than you do over the word."
Churchgoers Nationwide Reflect on Obama Election —
FOXNews.com 11/9/2008
Across the country, from a mostly white church in the Southwest to the pulpit from which the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. preached his message of equality and nonviolent change, Christian clergy members on Sunday asked God to give Obama the wisdom and ...
Obama avoiding party over Lieberman —
msnbc.com: Politics 11/9/2008
President-elect Barack Obama is steering clear of getting involved in one fight in Congress: whether his fellow Democrats in the Senate should remove Joe Lieberman as chairman of an important committee.