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Kroft Pushes Obama to Agree U.S. in 1930s-Like Depression
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias —
... of an effort to regain America's moral stature in the world.
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KROFT: Have you been reading anything about the Depression? Anything about FDR?
OBAMA: You know, I have actually. There's a new book out about FDR's first hundred days and what you see in FDR that I hope my team can emulate, is not always getting it right, but projecting a sense of confidence, and a willingness to try things. And experiment in order to get people working again.
CBSNews.com online transcript with video to be posted at 11 PM EST Sunday ...
Obama After Football: Will Close Guantanamo, Break the Addiction to Oil
The Moderate Voice —
Delayed 30 minutes on the east coast by the confused ending of the Pittsburgh-San Diego game (the only 11-10 score in NFL history), the first post-election interview of Barack and Michelle Obama aired on 60 Minutes.
On the economy Obama said “for the auto industry to completely collapse would be a disaster” but assistance “can’t be a blank check.” He was generous toward Paulson saying he “worked tirelessly under some very difficult circumstances.” He ...
Barack Obama: The 'Now He Tells Us' Edition
Weekly Standard Blog —
... Barack Obama and Michelle met up with CBS' Steve Kroft on "60 Minutes" this evening. Obama was well-spoken, characteristically cryptic, and seemed to be whistling a different tune than we heard from him on the trail. ...
Obama, like Lincoln, ditches ideology
The Swamp —
... He's letting them know up front he will disappoint them, that he will have to Greeley them with practical, non-ideological answers to problems. That was part of the message he delivered in his "60 minutes" interview which aired last night. ...
Going Out of Business
If I Ran the Zoo —
60 Minutes (via Kevin Drum): Mr. Obama: Yes. I have said repeatedly that I intend to close Guantanamo, and I will follow through on that. I have said repeatedly that America doesn't torture. And I'm gonna make sure that we don't torture. Those are part and parcel of an effort to regain America's moral stature in the world. Get your vicarious sadomasochism while it lasts.
Obama on the Presidency -- and the First Family -- on '60 Minutes'
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In Case You Missed It Obama on the Presidency -- and the First Family -- on '60 Minutes' In this excerpt released by CBS, President-elect Barack Obama speaks with Steve Kroft on "60 Minutes" about his thoughts and goals as America's next commander in chief and discusses the challenges awaiting him as the 44th president. Another segment of the interview covers what CBS is calling ...
Obama speaks
Political Animal —
OBAMA SPEAKS.... Barack Obama's first interview since the election aired last night on "60 Minutes," with a three-segment piece from Steve Croft (who insisted, inexplicably and hilariously, on comparing Obama's mother in law to the family dog). There probably wasn't a lot in the way of news, but a few things jumped out at me. For example, when asked about his principal focus lately, Obama talked about the economy, but it wasn't the first issue he mentioned. Kroft: What have you been concentrating on this week? Obama: Couple of things. Number one, I think it's important to ...
Restoring Honor and Dignity to the Presidency
Taylor Marsh —
BY TAYLOR MARSH
Closing Bush’s Gitmo is a start.
Last night on "60 Minutes." ...
Mitchell Bard: The Meaning of Change Will Be Tested With the Auto Industry Bailout
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... Simply put, after 35 years of sticking our heads in the sand, it's time to address the overall energy situation, rather than running to address crisis after crisis resulting from a lack of a sound energy policy. Or, as Barack Obama put it on 60 Minutes last night, "We go from shock to trance" when gas prices go up and down, and that kind of approach has to stop. (You can read the transcript of the interview, or watch it, by clicking here.) ...
Mitchell Bard: The Meaning of Change Will Be Tested by the Auto Industry Bailout
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... Simply put, after 35 years of sticking our heads in the sand, it's time to address the overall energy situation, rather than running to address crisis after crisis resulting from a lack of a sound energy policy. Or, as Barack Obama put it on 60 Minutes last night, "We go from shock to trance" when gas prices go up and down, and that kind of approach has to stop. (You can read the transcript of the interview, or watch it, by clicking here.) ...
Obama Interview Gives 60 Minutes Best High Ratings In 9 Years
The Moderate Voice —
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The full transcript of the interview is HERE.
(You Tube had the complete interview posted in parts but they were apparently removed ...
What Can Barack Obama Learn from Ronald Reagan?
TPMCafe —
... One of the more interesting moment's of last night's 60 Minutes broadcast of their interview with Barack Obama was the point where he indicated that he was open to ideas from anyone, whether it be FDR or Ronald Reagan, as long as the ideas workto solve a current problem. ...
25 Million Watch Obama Play Softball For An Hour -With Video
Pat Dollard | Young Americans —
... first lady, Michelle Obama. Nielsen Media Research’s preliminary estimate the show was seen by 24.5 million people on Sunday.
That’s more than any other episode of a prime-time show seen this season, and the biggest audience for “60 Minutes” since January 1999.
Sunday’s “60 Minutes” was likely helped by being immediately preceded by a down-to-the-wire NFL game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and San Diego Chargers.
Full transcript here, full video, here:
Tomgram: Mike Davis, Keynesian Shock and Awe
TomDispatch —
... Obama himself, for those of you who watched him (and Michelle) on 60 Minutes Sunday, is nothing short of a breath of fresh air -- he actually explains things coherently -- after our last presidential "experience." But let's hope that, as the good times roll (even in bad times) for Democrats, he keeps his equilibrium amid the usual Washington consensual pressures. The President-elect spoke Sunday night of keeping people in their all-too-foreclosable homes. Right now, as far as we know, the best he can imagine is a 90-day foreclosure ...
Today in The Nation: Another Clinton Administration
The Nation: Top Stories —
... $19,500 in executive contributions to President Bush, and $102,000 in soft money contributions to the Republican Party. That will undoubtedly now change.) Obama himself, for those of you who watched him (and Michelle) on 60 Minutes Sunday, is nothing short of a breath of fresh air -- he actually explains things coherently -- after our last presidential "experience." But let's hope that, as the good times roll (even in bad times) for Democrats, he keeps his equilibrium amid the usual Washington consensual pressures. The President-elect spoke Sunday night of keeping people ...
Today in The Nation: The Clinton Administration
The Nation: Top Stories —
... $19,500 in executive contributions to President Bush, and $102,000 in soft money contributions to the Republican Party. That will undoubtedly now change.) Obama himself, for those of you who watched him (and Michelle) on 60 Minutes Sunday, is nothing short of a breath of fresh air -- he actually explains things coherently -- after our last presidential "experience." But let's hope that, as the good times roll (even in bad times) for Democrats, he keeps his equilibrium amid the usual Washington consensual pressures. The President-elect spoke Sunday night of keeping people ...
Tom Engelhardt: Stuff Happens: The Pentagon's Argument of Last Resort on Iraq
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... And this week Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Mike Mullen -- the man President-elect Obama plans to call into the Oval Office as soon as he arrives -- wheeled it into place and launched it like a missile aimed at the heart of Obama's 16-month withdrawal plan for U.S. combat troops in Iraq. It may not sound like much, but believe me, it is. The Chairman simply ...
Measuring the Bush Recession
Crooks and Liars —
... President-elect Barack Obama is almost certainly right in describing the economy he will inherit from George W. Bush as facing "an unprecedented crisis, or at least something that we have not seen since the Great Depression." Bank of America CEO ...
