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Obama economic plan aims for 2.5M new jobs by 2011 (radio address)
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News — ... The plan, which envisions those new jobs by January 2011, is "big enough to meet the challenges we face," he said. Obama noted the growing evidence the country is "facing an economic crisis of historic proportions" and said he was pleased Congress passed an extension of unemployment benefits this past week. But, he added, `We must do more to put people back to work and get our economy moving again." Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081122/ap_on_go_pr_wh/obam... video http://www.change.gov/page/s/economy

Barack Obama’s Weekly Address - Nov. 22nd, 2008
Firedoglake — President-Elect Barack Obama's weekly YouTube address for November 22nd, 2008. President-elect Barack Obama announces he has directed his economic team to assemble an Economic Recovery Plan that will save or create 2.5 million more jobs by January ...

The Other Transition: Whither Obama's Movement?
techPresident — While most of the country's attention is focused on the transition underway in Washington, another vitally important transition is taking place right now in Chicago. I'm referring, of course, to the future of the Obama movement and network, or what some organizers refer to as "OFA2" (as in, Obama for America II). Thanks to reporting by Peter Wallsten in the Los Angeles Times, we know that "This weekend, hundreds of field staffers and some key volunteers are planning a marathon closed-door summit at a Chicago hotel to begin negotiating details of what the network might look like when Obama takes office in January. A ...