On November 4th the three-way race for the Georgia U.S. Senate seat between Jim Martin, incumbent Saxby Chambliss and Allen Buckley ended with none of the candidates having reached 50% of the total vote.
President-elect Barack Obama released a preview of the Weekly Democratic Radio Address today, in which he discusses the meaning of the Thanksgiving holiday in this challenging time. He underscores that the spirit that binds us together as Americans is the same spirit that will lead us out of this economic crisis through bold, swift action. Times are tough.
Below is a statement from the Obama Transition Chief National Security Spokesperson Brooke Anderson on the terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India : President-Elect Obama strongly condemns today’s terrorist attacks in Mumbai, and his thoughts and prayers are with the victims, their families, and the people of India. These coordinated attacks on innocent civilians demonstrate the grave and urgent threat of terrorism.
Today, David Plouffe announced plans for a series of coordinated house meetings to be held on December 13th and 14th, in which grassroots supporters are being invited to help plan the future of this movement.
This morning, David Plouffe sent out the following message about President-elect Obama’s new economic team: Today and yesterday, President-elect Barack Obama announced key members of an economic team tasked with creating jobs, stabilizing the economy, and getting our country back on track. Barack is bringing together some of the best minds in the country to make swift progress on the economic challenges we face
President-elect Barack Obama and Vice President-elect Joe Biden officially announced key members of their economic team today, naming Timothy Geithner as Secretary of the Treasury and Lawrence Summers as Director of the National Economic Council. Obama and Biden also named Christina Romer Chair of the Council of Economic advisors, and named Melody Barnes and Heather Higginbottom to serve as Director and Deputy Director of the Domestic Policy Council. President-elect Obama explained: Vice President-elect Biden and I have assembled an economic team with the vision and expertise to stabilize our economy, create jobs, and get America back on track
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President-elect Barack Obama delivered the Democratic Radio Address this morning, discussing his plans to put people back to work and get our economy moving again. Obama has directed his economic team to assemble an Economic Recovery Plan that will save or create 2.5 million more jobs by January of 2011.
Below is a message from Campaign Manager David Plouffe to the millions of supporters who helped fund this campaign over the last two years: I have a special request for you. The Obama-Biden Transition Project is a nonpartisan entity whose purpose is to facilitate the transition to a new government and prepare for the next administration.
Vice-President-elect Joe Biden turned 66 years old today. Yesterday President-elect Obama surprised Biden with an early birthday gift: photos from Change.gov CNN reported : The day before Vice President-elect Joe Biden turns 66, President-elect Barack Obama presented his running mate with 12 candlelit cupcakes after their weekly lunch on Wednesday. He also gave Biden Chicago White Sox and Chicago Bears hats as well as a bucket of Garrett’s popcorn as presents