Some excerpts from President-elect Obama and Vice President-elect Joe Biden's remarks today at the National Governors Association in Philadelphia. Vice President-elect Biden: Over the course of the campaign, I had the opportunity to travel through many of your states. Often, I’d be on ...

New York Gov. David Paterson joked with Barack Obama about the open Senate seat at the National Governors Association meeting that just ended in Philadelphia, Paterson told Politico. "What he said to me was, 'I’m sure I made your life easier,'" Paterson recalled after an ...

Source: [b]CNNMoney[/b] President-elect Barack Obama on Tuesday told governors from across the country to work with him to "help design" a massive economic recovery package he hopes to sign shortly after he takes office. "If we're listening to our governors, we'll not only be doing what's ...

President-elect Barack Obama briefly said hello to his new press corps, on the plane with him for the first time since the campaign. Obama appeared in the back of his plane during their flight Tuesday from Philadelphia, where he was for the National Governors Association meeting, to his home in ...

The President-elect, Vice President-elect, and over 40 governors are in Philadelphia this morning to talk about how best to work together and get the economy going again. Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell, chair of the National Governors' Association (NGA), said the states and the federal ...

Leaving the National Governors Association meeting today in Philadelphia, Obama spent a few minutes saying hello to the press on the flight back to Chicago, according to transition pool report. "Kind of like old times but not really," Obama said. He added that stopping in just one ...

Speaking at a conference of the National Governors Association, Barack Obama said his background in the Illinois state senate made him particularly sympathetic to the needs of state and local governments.

The president-elect asks those at the National Governors Association meeting in Philly for help in shaping an economic stimulus. Also tells Republicans they'll have the same kind of "friendship and cooperation" as Dems -- a statement met with applause. Watch video clip above. Full ...

ABC reports : In Philadelphia for a National Governors Association meeting Tuesday to address the nation's floundering financial world, now Vice President-elect Biden and Gov. Palin came together once again. "I want to thank all of you for being here," Biden told the assembled governors. ...

President-elect Barack Obama and Vice President-elect Joe Biden greeted on Tuesday their vanquished foe, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R), for the first time since the election. At the National Governors Association meeting in Philadelphia, Obama and Biden shook hands with all the governors and gave ...

The VP-elect thanks the Alaska Governor at the start of his remarks to the National Governors Association meeting Tuesday. "Governor Palin, your being here today sends a powerful message that when campaigns end, we are all partners in progress." Full remarks here. Plus: For ...

Joe Biden had a bit of fun today at the National Governors Association meeting in Philadelphia, mocking the fact that Sarah Palin gets far more press attention these days than he does, despite his being the Veep-elect. According to the pool report, Biden addressed Palin at the meeting and ...

President-elect Barack Obama and Vice President-elect Joe Biden met in Philadelphia Tuesday morning with a bipartisan delegation of governors from around the country hosted by the National Governors Association. Biden's remarks: Thank you, Governor Rendell and Governor Douglas. And ...

Speaking to the National Governors Association in Philadelphia, Obama suggested that his stimulus plan will include relief for strapped state budgets in the form of money for infrastructure. From his prepared remarks: To solve this crisis and to ease the burden on our states, we need action ...

Mark Halperin's three things to watch for in presidential politics for Tuesday, December 2. Watch Barack Obama at the National Governors Association meeting in Philadelphia . He and Joe Biden are scheduled to speak to the state leaders early in the meeting today. The governors are ...

The president- and VP-elects will sit down for a formal meeting with the slew of govs gathered in Philadelphia's Independence Hall Tuesday morning. Obama, Biden and Pennsylvania Gov. Rendell will make brief remarks at the top of the meeting. The governors are expected to make their ...

The president- and VP-elects will sit down for a formal meeting with the slew of govs gathered in Philadelphia's Independence Hall Tuesday morning. Obama, Biden and Pennsylvania Gov. Rendell will make brief remarks at the top of the meeting. Comes after Obama holds an informal meet and ...

Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich says he'll travel to Philadelphia this week to join his peers at a meeting of the National Governors Association. President-elect Barack Obama and Vice President-elect Joe Biden are expected to speak to the group Tuesday at Independence Hall. Blagojevich ...

Recognizing the key role western states are going to take in the nation's potential energy revolution, the Western Governors are weighing in with their recommendations for the Obama administration's national energy policy, and for action that should be taken in the first 100 days. SALT LAKE ...

Source: [b]Associated Press[/b] The governors of the nation's largest energy-producing states are encouraging President-elect Barack Obama to quickly adopt a national energy policy that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The bipartisan Western Governors' Association has delivered Obama ...