On Friday, November 7, 2008, President-Elect Barack Obama will introduce his Economic Transition Advisers, which includes Warren Buffett, Robert Rubin, and Robert Reich.
President-Elect Barack Obama is signaling quick movement on the economy, with his advisers moments ago rolling out a list of important economic figures who will serve on his Transition Economic Advisory Board.
Obama and Joe Biden will meet with the group on Friday, November 7, 2008 and hold a press conference afterwards, Camp Obama announces.
‘The Daily Show With Jon Stewart’ and ‘The Colbert Report’ Present ‘Indecision 2008: America’s Choice’ a Live Prime-Time Election Night Special on Tuesday, November 4 From 10:00 P.M. - 11:00 P.M. ET. The show also aired LIVE on the West Coast at 7:00 P.M. PT. Video clips of this Election Night coverage are online.
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Below is a transcript of Barack Obama’s Victory Speech in Grant Park on Nov. 4, 2008.
Here is video of this speech:
TRANSCRIPT OF PRESIDENT-ELECT OBAMA’S SPEECH
If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible; who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time; who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer.
As Barack Obama was elected President last night (11/4/08), spontaneous celebration occured around the country and the world. Here are some highlights: CNN:
Obama win sparks celebrations outside White House
(CNN) — As tens of thousands of people cheered Barack Obama’s presidential victory at his home base in Chicago, Illinois, others were celebrating near his future house.
At least 1,000 people gathered on Washington’s Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House late Tuesday night, shouting “Obama! Obama!” and “Yes we can!” Uniformed Secret Service officers were overheard, saying they’d never seen anything like it.
In Boston, Massachusetts, thousands of people — many of them college students — hit the streets to celebrate the election of the country’s 44th president. The sound of car horns could be heard across the city, CNN affiliate WCVB reported.
Boston police said the celebrations were peaceful, but they closed some streets to control the crowds, WCVB reported.
In Chicago’s Grant Park, where police estimated at least 200,000 had gathered to hear Obama claim victory, the crowd erupted in cheers and screams after news organizations projected him the winner.
From Harlem, to the avenue in Atlanta where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was born, to Oakland, Calif., Americans black and white celebrated Barack Obama’s election with tears, the honking of horns, screams of joy, arms lifted skyward — and memories of civil rights struggles past.
NEWSWEEK has learned that Palin’s shopping spree at high-end department stores was more extensive than previously reported. While publicly supporting Palin, McCain’s top advisers privately fumed at what they regarded as her outrageous profligacy. One senior aide said that Nicolle Wallace had told Palin to buy three suits for the convention and hire a stylist. But instead, the vice presidential nominee began buying for herself and her family—clothes and accessories from top stores such as Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus. According to two knowledgeable sources, a vast majority of the clothes were bought by a wealthy donor, who was shocked when he got the bill. Palin also used low-level staffers to buy some of the clothes on their credit cards. The McCain campaign found out last week when the aides sought reimbursement. One aide estimated that she spent “tens of thousands” more than the reported $150,000, and that $20,000 to $40,000 went to buy clothes for her husband. Some articles of clothing have apparently been lost. An angry aide characterized the shopping spree as “Wasilla hillbillies looting Neiman Marcus from coast to coast,” and said the truth will eventually come out when the Republican Party audits its books.
A Palin aide said: “Governor Palin was not directing staffers to put anything on their personal credit cards, and anything that staffers put on their credit cards has been reimbursed, like an expense. Nasty and false accusations following a defeat say more about the person who made them than they do about Governor Palin.”
Other shocking campaign disclosures, below the fold:
