******OFFICIAL FIRST PRESIDENT-ELECT OBAMA PRESS CONFERENCE*****

[THUNDER HANDS]

starting in a few minutes.

[City Lights]

1. Candy Crummy just said five minutes...watch for economic advisors to emerge about

1 minute before it begins.

[bdamomma]

2. on C Span too.

running late.

http://c-span.org/Watch/C-SPAN_wm.aspx

[ecstatic]

3. uggh... Tweety is getting on my nerves with all his lame

predictions and questions.

[TomInTib]

4. Thanks for the heads-up, Magic Rat.

I didn't know anything about it.

Gee, I seem to remember a coherent presser with a Pres-elect. But my memory isn't all it used to be.

Seems like a long, long time ago.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

5. this will not be good news.

he called his emergency meeting right after he met with the Intel folks.

[ellacott]

7. This meeting?

When did he meet with the intel folks?

[ChairmanAgnostic]

17. yesterday. he called today's meeting immediately thereafter,

and announced this talk.

I mean, it was the first thing he did after the meeting finished.

[ellacott]

39. Ok

[halobeam]

8. thought this was a presser on transition?

What could he possibly be able to tell us, even if he did read something major? I would think if something had to be said, it would be from the current administration, no? I'm not sure what the protocol is, so just asking.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

20. nope.

He is calling it a crisis.

[City Lights]

6. CNN says another 5-minute delay. nt

[THUNDER HANDS]

9. here comes the team

[ecstatic]

10. GOBAMA! Good luck to you! nt

[PermanentRevolution]

11. There's the advisors - should be any minute now

[bdamomma]

12. on now!!!

http://c-span.org/Watch/C-SPAN_wm.aspx

here we go!!!

[cal04]

13. Good Luck President Obama

:hug: :loveya:

[Essene]

14. volcker and reich standing next to each other = oy veh

nevermind, that's Emanuel

[ogneopasno]

15. Tweety: "TIAA-'creef'"!!!! Hilar.

[Hope And Change]

16. Kick!

[MadrasT]

18. YAY, there's our NEXT PRESIDENT!!!

:woohoo:

[bdamomma]

19. that stupid man bush did this he and his cronies.

bush will not do sh$t. can he just leave now and give Pres. Elect Obama an early start.

[AlCzervik]

21. omg i don't even need a translator! And what a diverse group.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

22. Any online streams? nt

[Mass]

24. MNSBC and CNN websites

[bdamomma]

26. here you go

http://c-span.org/Watch/C-SPAN_wm.aspx

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

74. Thank you both. nt

[Ozma]

23. I'm so excited. He's so smart!

Only one government, only one President at one time.

Love it!

[bdamomma]

27. yea, can't the one who is there right now Leave.

[scheming daemons]

25. "Rescue Plan for the Middle Class" ..... extension of unemployment benefits, another stimulus.....

[halobeam]

32. fuel efficient cars made in the US!!!

[bluestateguy]

28. Thank God this man is the president

nt

[kestrel91316]

29. What a pleasure to hear him speak like a NORMAL HUMAN BEING

instead of the drug-addled psychotic we've had for 8 years........

[scheming daemons]

31. I bet we never hear the word "Nu-ku-lar" out of his mouth

[sickinohio]

34. What a wonderful change!! nt

[bdamomma]

36. thank goodness someone who has command of the English

language.

[bdamomma]

37. he called him Senator?

aren't you supposed to address him President elect.

[cal04]

30. Thank you America for electing a REAL President

:applause: :woohoo:

[bdamomma]

33. he does not play, and it won't be easy, he will be cleaning up

after a spoiled brat bush.

[kwolf68]

35. Gosh this feels so much better

Than watching a chimp smirk and blather.

[gblady]

38. GOBAMA

if the stimulus package does not get done in the lame duck session...
it will be the first thing done when I am President...
EOM!

kickin' A....takin' names...

love it.

[MadBadger]

40. AXE!!

[kwolf68]

41. WTF Did Obama just say, I'm very worried

"THINK IT THROUGH"

What the hell does that mean?

[oviedodem]

43. I assume you are being sarcastic

[kwolf68]

48. LOL

Yea man, shoulda jumped on the smiles icon, but i was just so happy to hear intellect at work.

[LSK]

46. I know, why doesnt he just want to bomb the fuck out of them????

:sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm:

[bdamomma]

42. any change in the market during this press conference.

he is such a smart man thank goodness someone who thinks with his head and not his gut.

[scheming daemons]

44. Staying pretty flat at the moment.

[MadinMo]

47. Dow is down to +86.50 right now. It had been in the +140 range earlier.

[scheming daemons]

54. Back up to 120.... frankly... I dont think it has anything to do with the presser

[MadBadger]

49. Truthfully, its gone down.

[siligut]

78. As he said, he is not the president yet!

Many investors have lost a lot with the bushit economy, don’t blame Obama’s press conference.

[bdamomma]

79. he shouldn't be blamed he is not the President at this moment.

[siligut]

82. Exactly! Whatever hope he gives can still be undone.

Investors have been riding a roller coaster and are playing it as usual, until real change can occur.

[rug]

45. Lest we forget.

[neverforget]

50. "Our team" is Obama's language vs "my team" for Bush. Us vs me

how refreshing!

[politicasista]

51. A president who talks TO us, not AT us

A breath of fresh air. :)

[AZBlue]

52. Did he just smack McCain on choosing Palin?

Mentioning being proud of his choice in Biden, not being rushed, making good choices...

[Cush]

53. No seances in his White House

[Ohio Joe]

76. bwahahahahahahaha

That got me laughing out loud, it was the best moment.

[Renew Deal]

55. Biden should put his arms down.

It looks bad.

[MadBadger]

56. He totally just called himself a mutt

[uponit7771]

59. Great, this will eat up 234122345o;kn2314 news cycles...

[uponit7771]

57. A sense of humor is showing...nice....

[Auggie]

58. I love dogs, but what a wasted question

[bdamomma]

71. yes the stupid questions must end and the Press must grow up

[uponit7771]

60. WTF does Candy want!?!??!

[eleny]

61. He dismissed the second part of her question

:rofl:

[scheming daemons]

63. She wants him to commit a security infraction by spilling top secret info...

Stupid, Candy.

[siligut]

80. I loved his response!

I'm going to skip that!

[MadBadger]

64. To Rule the World

IT was pretty clear to me.

[Life Long Dem]

62. I think Bush is not playing around in this transition

and that's for the safety of the country. If anyone watched Bush's speech yesterday, he came down on the media and motioned for them to calm down. Rush Limbaugh sounded absolutely nuts the day after the election. He sounded like he was driving a tank of terrorist into the White after Obama. Bush caught wind of all that and I saw it in his speech.

And with a wave of Bush's arm, the media stopped the terrorist attacking.

[uponit7771]

65. I don't think so either but he wants to save a legacy and dump all problems to Obama...

[bdamomma]

66. He will need our support he has alot on his plate right now.

stupid bush, just leaving his mess for someone else.

[kwolf68]

67. Capital gains tax cuts for small business

Friggin socialist. :sarcasm:


The guy is doing it right...a mix of market economics with govt oversight. On economics I think he's going to be a winner. Still wanna see some of these trade agreements modified, but one step at a time.

[Mass]

68. A president who can make complete sentences.\nt

[uponit7771]

69. He smiled and walked at the same time too, something Bush could never do without lookin goofy

[halobeam]

72. I feel like I just watched a clip of the West Wing,,,

but BETTER!

I need to pinch myself.

[ecstatic]

70. What's up with the DOW ticker? Went down to +80 during speech

now back up +140+

[BREMPRO]

73. Obama rocked! - America made the right choice.

Can't express how much of a relief it is to have a smart thoughtful articulate president elect
Standing in front of his economic advisors was brilliant- shows he's a team player and his team is World Class!

[SeaLyons]

75. He was great.....n/t

[NatBurner]

77. bonjour...

we always wanna imitate the french lol

[mvd]

81. What a difference!

Class in the WH for a change. Now I will savor watching press conferences.

[JimWis]

83. Follow up on CNN. The three average Americans all had good

reactions and good responses to the press conference. Excellent.