A nice new background. The old one was too stuffy. That was not change and I believed it. I like this one.
This is all about green jobs, energy, educations and setting up our future. I cannot believe how happy this makes me. Bold plans as the first things he will do as President.
2.5 million new green and infastructure jobs by Jan 2011 as a down payment. Great lofty goals!
Transcript Coming.
Quotes from the AP:
http://news.yahoo.com/...
"These aren't just steps to pull ourselves out of this immediate crisis; these are the long-term investments in our economic future that have been ignored for far too long," Obama said in the weekly Democratic radio address. The economic recovery plan being developed by his staff aims to create 2.5 million jobs by January 2011, and he wants to get it through Congress quickly and sign it soon after taking office.
A note about Liberman?
"I will need and seek support from Republicans and Democrats, and I'll be welcome to ideas and suggestions from both sides of the aisle," he said. "But what is not negotiable is the need for immediate action."
And the tough job ahead. He is setting America for the really really tough times ahead, and the time for CHANGE!
"We have acted boldly, bravely, and above all, together," Obama said. "That is the chance our new beginning now offers us, and that is the challenge we must rise to in the days to come. It is time to act. As the next president of the United States, I will."