latimes.com - 12/31/2008
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Reporting from Washington -- President-elect Barack Obama is preparing to lead a full-scale marketing blitz to pass the massive new stimulus package that he says is needed to revive the slumping economy and put the nation on the course he laid out during his campaign. Obama will move to ...
latimes.com - 12/29/2008
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latimes.com —
Reporting from Washington -- President-elect Barack Obama's top
advisors said Sunday that they wouldn't back away from...
a promise to cut taxes on the middle class and raise them for the wealthiest Americans, as they made the case for a massive new ...
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Obama plans to campaign for economic stimulus package; "full-scale marketing blitz"
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News —
... the scope and purpose of the stimulus plan, said David Axelrod, a senior advisor to the president-elect. "We'll fan out, and this will be a public process," Axelrod said in an interview. "We'll make clear to people why we need to do what we're doing, why it's the size it is, what the individual component parts are, and why they are an important part of the equation in terms of short-term recovery." Obama, he said, "wants the American people involved in this discussion."... Read more: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-ob...
Obama Plans Marketing Blitz for Stimulus Plan
The Page by Mark Halperin —
... Obama and top aides plan to hit the road shortly after the inauguration to push for the massive spending plan.
LA Times: Obama "will quickly strive to shape public opinion, casting the substantial stimulus package as crucial to the nation's recovery."
Top aide Axelrod: "We'll fan out, and this will be a public process." Obama "wants the American people involved in this discussion." ...
Obama to Campaign for Stimulus Package
Crooks and Liars —
... Absolutely a smart thing to do. I've been saying for years that the reason Democrats have so much trouble pushing their agenda is they think too literally: They lay out the problem and state the proposed solution without selling it to the public. ...
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