President-elect Barack Obama lays out key parts of Economic Recovery Plan
Change.gov: The Obama-Biden Transition Team | Blog — Yesterday we learned that our economy has lost 2 million jobs since the recession began 11 months ago. That's why, in today's weekly address, President-elect Barack Obama explains the key parts of his Economic Recovery Plan -- which will save or create 2.5 million jobs in the next two years. Watch Your Weekly Address now -- then send us your questions or ideas about how to fix the economy: ...

Obama Proposes Sweeping Public Works Program
Politics Daily — Filed under: Democrats, Barack Obama, Environment, Economy, 2008 President, Energy, Obama AdministrationIn his weekly YouTube address Saturday the president-elect announced a massive investment in the nation's infrastructure that he hopes will create (or save) more than two million jobs. Obama wants to improve roads and schools, make public buildings more energy efficient and increase access to the Internet. "We won't just throw money at the problem," Obama said in his weekly radio address and Internet video. "We'll measure progress by the reforms we make and the results we achieve _ by ...

In Weekly Radio Address, PEBO Provides More Details on Economic Recovery Plan
Political Punch — Previous | Main In Weekly Radio Address, PEBO Provides More Details on Economic Recovery Plan December 06, 2008 9:02 AM In his Youtubed weekly radio address -- you can hear it HERE -- President-elect Obama provides more details about his economic recovery plan. "We need action –- and action now," Mr. Obama says. "That is why I have asked my economic team to develop an economic recovery plan for both Wall Street and Main Street that will help save or create at least two-and-a-half million jobs, while rebuilding our infrastructure, improving our schools, reducing our dependence on oil and saving billions of dollars." You might notice that the ...

Obama: Biggest public works investment since Eisenhower planned
Daily Kos — In this morning's weekly address, President-Elect Obama promised to roll out the biggest investment in public infrastructure since the federal highway system of the 1950's was undertaken. In addition to roads and bridges, the new administration will upgrade public schools, build out broadband, make public buildings energy efficient and modernize medical record-keeping. Good morning. Yesterday, we received another painful reminder of the serious economic challenge our country is facing when we learned that 533,000 jobs were lost in November alone, the single worst month of job loss in ...

The President-Elect's Weekly Virtual Fireside Chat
TalkLeft — This week's radio address/podcast from the President-Elect:

Obama addresses the economic crisis-- with solutions: "We need action -- and action now"
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth — It's a good thing the president-elect is addressing the current economic crisis. The current president, who helped create the mess, is ignoring the situation. In the weekly radio address, Obama unveils some of the specific ideas in his plan. Reuters ...

The Saturday Word: Roads and Cars
The Caucus — In the wake of dismal job reports , President-elect Barack Obama called in his radio/YouTube address for the creation of “millions of jobs by making the single largest new investment in our national infrastructure since the creation of the federal highway system in the 1950s.” The Times’s Peter Baker explains Mr. Obama’s word choice: By invoking the federal interstate program, Mr. Obama sought to summon the spirit of Dwight D. Eisenhower, who launched the highway construction that became integral to the nation’s economic development. That imagery seemed intended to respond to critics, who argue that public works spending historically has not been a ...

41 Days, 51 Minutes To Go
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A public works push
Political Animal — A PUBLIC WORKS PUSH.... Today was hardly the first time Barack Obama has talked about stimulus and public works, but he seemed to get a little more specific in his weekly radio/YouTube address, and emphasize his plan with a greater sense of urgency. The full transcript ...

Roll Over Roosevelt, Tell Eisenhower the News
The Moderate Voice — Per a breaking news report at Politico on Obama’s Saturday message to the nation: President-elect Barack Obama added sweep and meat to his economic agenda on Saturday, pledging the largest new investment in roads and bridges since President Dwight D. Eisenhower built the Interstate system in the late 1950s, and tying his key initiatives – education, energy, health care –back to jobs in a package that has the makings of a smaller and modern version of FDR’s New Deal marriage of job creation with infrastructure upgrades. Watch ...

Obama’s New Old Deal
Hot Air » Top Picks — Obama’s New Old Deal posted at 11:55 am on December 6, 2008 by Ed Morrissey Send to a Friend | Share on Facebook | printer-friendly Barack Obama announced the creation of a massive new public-works program aimed at updating the nation’s infrastructure while creating millions of jobs.  This comes as no surprise, as Obama and Joe Biden talked constantly about resurrecting the least-successful elements of FDR’s New Deal as an answer to the current economic crisis.  The new administration won’t just contain itself to roads, either: President-elect Barack Obama added sweep and meat to his economic agenda on Saturday, pledging the largest ...

Election Central Saturday Roundup
TPM Election Central — Obama Discusses Economic Recovery Program, Focusing On National Infrastructure In his newest Presidential YouTube Address, Barack Obama discusses the recent news about job-losses and his own plan for economic recovery, which involves creating jobs through massive investments in infrastructure, ranging from roads to schools and government buildings, plus more access to broadband connectivity: "When Congress reconvenes in January, I look forward to working with them to pass a plan immediately," Obama says. While a skeptic might think he's sticking too closely to the "one president at a ...

The Details
Talking Points Memo — Obama explains what the stimulus mega-bucks are going to be spent on ...

Breaking: Obama Unveils His “21st Century New Deal” - With Video
Pat Dollard | Young Americans — “We need to act with the urgency this moment demands to save or create at least two and a half million jobs” - this is what’s going to be the problem with this guy. The actual Presidency is just supposed to be part of the packaging of a celebrity, a legend, a myth. I’ll tell you right now, if the biggest issues we end up facing from him aren’t socialism, dictatorship or Islam, it is going to be this issue of “I am Legend, I am Bono, I am Elvis, I am Rocky, I am Rambo, I am George Clooney, I am Abe Lincoln, I am Moses, and on Sunday I am Jesus”. In other words, the entire Presidency is going ...

Obama Pledges Massive Infrastructure Plan
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire — In his Saturday radio address, President-elect Obama committed to "the largest public works construction program since the creation of the interstate highway system a half-century ago as he seeks to put together a plan to resuscitate the reeling economy." ...

Obama's Weekly Address
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Obama Announces "Raw Deal" of Massive Government Spending Increases
Gateway Pundit — Barack Obama promised to spend billions of taxpayer dollars today to invest in roads, bridges, school buildings, the internet, medical records, a chicken in every pot, etc. The Politico reported: President-elect Barack Obama added sweep and meat to his economic agenda on Saturday, pledging the largest new investment in roads and bridges since President Dwight D. Eisenhower built the Interstate system in the late 1950s, and tying his key initiatives – education, energy, health care –back to jobs in a package that has the makings of a smaller and modern version of FDR's New Deal marriage of ...

Saturday reading: Infrastructure
Ben Smith's Blog — Obama offers more detail about the infrastructure he'd like to spend on. He speaks against a visibly urban backdrop. Biden surrenders some of Cheney's power. Caroline will talk to Menendez, and Jason Horowitz notes a key Paterson-Kennedy backchannel. RFK Jr. says she's considering it. I'm still a bit of a skeptic: Her resume, and her personality, don't scream U.S. Senate. But it may be hers for the asking. Hopeless Spitzer buzz lives. Bill Ayers, infuriating left and right alike, downplays his past attachment to violence. Hendrik ...

Obama’s Weak Grasp Of History Is Informing His Attempt To Resurrect “New Deal” Programs
Say Anything — Something to keep in mind about the massive investments into national infrastructure Obama is touting as something that will create jobs and help get us out of this economic downturn: America is not the same country as it was when Eisnehower did it. Here’s Obama making his pitch, and invoking both FDR’s “New Deal” programs and Eisenhower’s creation of the interstate highway system: As far as Eisenhower is concerned, let’s remember that he spent the money at a time of economic prosperity.  The country was flush, and the spending was ...

Obama Releases Some Details on Economic Stimulus Package
Calculated Risk — President-elect Obama released some more details of his economic stimulus proposals today. As I noted last week, there aren't anywhere near enough "shovel ready" projects to offset the decline in private non-residential structure investment that I expect in 2009. Obama has added several more key areas in addition to roads and bridges; he is also proposing to invest in energy efficiency for public buildings, upgrade school buildings, and expanding broadband to all schools, libraries and hospitals. ...

Yes We Can Invest in Infrastructure
Shakesville — [Full transcript here.] Wow: President-elect Barack Obama committed Saturday to the largest public works construction program since the creation of the interstate highway system a half-century ago as he seeks to put together a plan to resuscitate the reeling economy. With unemployment on the rise and no end to the recession in sight, Mr. Obama began highlighting elements of the economic recovery program he is trying to fashion with Congressional leaders in hopes of being able to enact it shortly after being sworn in on Jan. 20. Mr. Obama's remarks sought ...

Will Obama Be Able To Save Us From Depression-- Even With Lunatic Fringe Republicans Like Jim Bunning Screaming "Bring It On!"
DownWithTyranny! — Jim Bunning, senile extremist hellbent on bring on another Depression It sounds like Obama has some solid plans in store for turning the economy around, although he'll probably be unable to implement them without... Snowe President-elect Barack Obama committed Saturday to the largest public works construction ...

Barack Obama’s New Deal - But Who The Hell Is Going To Pay For It?
FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog — Weekly Address from the President-Elect Barack Obama: December 6, 2008 In his weekly address to the nation, President-elect Barack Obama outlined a “New Deal” or a series of initiatives to address American job loss. It is one thing to reward your constituency ...

President-elect Barack Obama’s Weekly Address 12-6-08: Economic Recovery Plan
Firedoglake — In this week's YouTube address, President-elect Barack Obama lays out key aspects of his economic recovery plan: Transcript: ...

Fireside Chat 2.0
Oliver Willis — I’ve recently been watching a Ken Burns documentary on the early days of radio, and it went through the era of FDR’s trailblazing chats on the radio which revolutionized the medium. I think we’re going through the digital version of that with the President-elect’s weekly address which will soon be the President’s weekly address. ...

Somebody please tell Barack Obama and crew he won
Top of the Ticket — Someone might want to whisper in Barack Obama's good ear that he won the election. The campaign is over. He is the president-elect. Isn't that why he's announcing new advisors from the old Clinton crew every other day? And calling all the nation's governors to Philadelphia for a 57-minute meeting that was shorter than his daily workout? We recently complained about The Change for Obama Team still fundraising most days because it only raised three-quarters of a billion dollars, barely twice as much as its nearest presidential competitor. And we just got another bid for more dough, promising a Limited Edition ...

Carl Pope: The President-Elect Does His Part
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — Saturday noon we got the word came: In his weekly radio and YouTube message, President-Elect Obama had announced the details of his stimulus package, and a massive program to retrofit public buildings for higher performance and energy efficiency was the very first plank. This is rapid and spectacular delivery on his campaign promises. What's more, the third plank he announced (huge investment in improving school buildings) also is directly tied to energy efficiency. But Obama also gave the environmental community a challenge. His second plank, "making the single largest new investment in our national infrastructure since the creation of the federal ...

Reagan's Crocodile Eats a Riverboat
The American Spectator — "The nation asks for action, and action now." -- Franklin D. Roosevelt, First Inaugural address, March 4, 1933 "We need action -- and action now." -- Barack Obama, YouTube address, December 6, 2008 ...

Daily Digest: Microfundraising Meets Conservative Community Building
techPresident — Online Right Spins Twitter Web: Republican State Assemblyman Chuck Devore of California is the subject of compelling online experiment as he attempts to unseat sitting Senator Barbara Boxer -- a Twitter-based fundraising drive, under the banner of #TCOT (that is, Top Conservatives on Twitter). The online right is eager to colonize the microblogging platform. And while the donations are small in number (about 70 at press time) and amount (most are $20 or under), the project is cleverly attempting to build a tweeting web by, for example, tying contributors to those who led them ...