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Daily Pundit —
The Associated Press: Obama fills econ team, says business will revive
While Obama declined to say specifically what changes he might make to the Bush administration’s plan, he had a message for the Big Three auto companies: “The American people’s patience is running out” and management must “seize on this opportunity” over the next few months to come up with a sustainable plan for survival.
“There are going to be some painful steps that are going to have to be taken,” Obama said. ...
To Boldly and Swiftly Go Where No Republican Has Gone Before. [JHoward]
protein wisdom —
President-elect Barack Obama named officials to oversee transportation, labor, trade and small business policy Friday but warned that economic recovery won’t be nearly as swift. “It will take longer than any of us would like — years, not months. It will get worse before it gets better. But it will get better if we are willing to act boldly and swiftly,” Obama said — and he promised to do just that. Obama declined to put a price tag on an economic stimulus plan he will propose, though economists who have been advising him have suggested a package of as much as $850 billion ...
Obama Trying to Ward Off Criticisms of Future Failures
The Jawa Report —
December 20, 2008 Obama Trying to Ward Off Criticisms of Future Failures It will the be refrain for every failure, every misstep, every corrupticrat scandal for at least the next four years. WE DON'T SUCK - IT WAS BUSH'S FAULT. This passage was particularly rich : "There are going to be some painful steps that are going to have to be taken," Obama said. He disclosed the latest members of his incoming administration on the eve of a Hawaiian holiday vacation. The Democrat has been pushing to finish putting together most of his Cabinet and White House team before his break. ...
Obama’s Race Against the Economy
Pajamas Media —
... that “I’ve been in 57 states, [with] I think one left to go,” contended that an economic recovery “will take longer than any of us would like — years, not months. It will get worse before it gets better.” Biden, on the verge of becoming the first vice president in U.S. history ...
