Obama: Takes It Right To Congress

President Obama went right into the pitfire to deal with the topic that is weighing heavily on the American people, JOBS, among other things. Many presidents usually start their campaigns for re-election on a trail somewhere or perhaps from the Oval office but not this president. He stood at the center of Congress and addressed them face to face.

Check out some of the highlights of his speech below:

I think he wants Congress to, PASS THIS JOBS BILL!

President Obama Addresses The Nation

Response from Republicans about the Presidents address



Check out this comment (below) from grrandram, who posted their comment on the same page I embeded the Republican response video from... I could not resist posting it here.

"Exactly. They're sort of embarrassing. First they present the hockey mom and now they bring out the Slumdog Millionaire. They're so gimmicky. Hey, look at us, we can have a woman in office."

Congress Has The Master Plan

It looks like an agreement has been reached on a bipartisan counterproposal to Bush's $700 billion bailout plan per CNN. This agreement would mean the Treasury Department would buy up the awful mortgage securities from banks in hopes to get them to lend again.
In other news, this bailout news does not change McCain's decision about the debate with Obama that was scheduled for tomorrow.
He is still holding off. Why Johnny Mac? Why?