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In this week's address, President-elect Barack Obama highlights the challenges facing our struggling economy and introduces a report being drafted by Christina Romer and Jared Bernstein. "The report confirms that our plan will likely save or create three to four million jobs. 90 percent of these jobs will be created in the private sector -- the remaining 10 percent are mainly public sector jobs we save, like the teachers, police officers, firefighters and others who provide vital services in our communities. "The jobs we create will be in businesses large and small across a wide range of industries. And they'll be the kind of jobs that don't just put people to work in the short term, but position our economy to lead the world in the long-term." Paul Krugman has some doubts:"ven if I use the Romer-Bernstein estimates instead of my own -- there really isn't much difference -- this plan looks too weak." Source: http://www.youtube.com/user/ChangeDotGov

President-elect hotpants has come through again, giving us usable Saturday web content and more details about his big fat stimulus in his weekly address on the internet.com. It’s kind of great … he just keeps adding new jobs everytime he talks; today it’s 4 million. Details here; video below. 

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/01/10/obama-says-stimulus-plan-could-create-save-up-to-four-million-jobs/Obama is predicting that once his stimulus plan is passed, it will save over 4 million jobs, greater than the 2.6 million jobs lost in 2008.Well if it that is all, let us go on living our lives.  Heck, the recession is over!  Why are we all fretting?  Why are we worried about the 1/2 million jobs lost last month, and the 7.2% unemployment rate?  According to the president-elect, we will have less unemployment a year from now.  Well, that makes me feel a lot better…I will stop worrying about the economy, and start worrying about spring training.I plan to save this video for January 2010…

Obama: My Plan Will Save Or Create 3-4 Million Jobs In his latest Presidential YouTube Address, Barack Obama announced that he is releasing a report analyzing the impact of his proposed stimulus package, saying the package would save or create three to four million jobs:"The jobs we create will be in businesses large and small across a wide range of industries," Obama says. "And they'll be the kind of jobs that don't just put people to work in the short term, but position our economy to lead the world in the long-term."NYT: Economists Worried The Stimulus Isn't Big Enough The New York Times reports that some economists are worried the proposed stimulus package still isn't big enough, with Obama's hands tied by the political need to propose tax cuts to win Republican support, and also having to deal with an already-massive deficit. "We have very few good examples to guide us," said William G. Gale, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. "I don't know of any convincing evidence that what has been proposed is going to be enough."Illinois Secretary of State Signs Burris Appointment -- Sort Of Roland Burris' legal team has tried a new legal maneuver to secure Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White's signature on his Senate appointment: They have obtained a certified copy of the appointment paper, signed by White. Bear in mind that this is not necessarily the same as if White had signed the appointment form itself -- his signature here attests that the new paper is a true and accurate copy of the original. The Senate's lawyers will make their own decision as to whether it's binding.Burris Legal Team: We're Going Back To Washington, Could Sue The Chicago Tribune reports that Roland Burris' legal team is citing yesterday's state Supreme Court decision, holding that he doesn't even need White's signature in order for the appointment to be valid under Illinois law, as proof that the Senate must seat Burris. They are now promising to return to Washington on Monday, and will file a lawsuit in...

In this week’s address, President-elect Barack Obama highlights the challenges facing our struggling economy and introduces a report by Drs. Christina Romer and Jared Bernstein that confirms the American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan will save or create 3-4 million jobs.BALTIMORE MAYOR INDICTEDMayor Sheila Dixon listens during a news conference on Friday. A Maryland grand jury indicted her on 12 criminal counts, including theft and perjury, for alleged official misconduct beginning when she was a councilwoman.Prosecutors say Dixon received a number of gifts from developers and didn’t properly disclose them. Additionally, for four years she misused holiday gift cards intended for needy families to buy herself clothing and electronics and as gifts for members of her staff. (more…)

From Change.gov: In this week's address, President-elect Barack Obama highlights the challenges facing our struggling economy and introduces a report being drafted by Christina Romer and and Jared Bernstein. read more | digg story

In today's radio address, the president-elect released a new report, which details how many and what kinds of jobs will be created by an "American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan." Here's the video and excerpts are below: Yesterday, we learned that the unemployment rate hit 7.2% and is only projected to go higher. Job creation is key to the economy turning around: We’ll create nearly half a million jobs by investing in clean energy – by committing to double the production of alternative energy in the next three years, and by modernizing more than 75% of federal buildings and improving the energy efficiency of two million American homes. These made-in-America jobs building solar panels and wind turbines, developing fuel-efficient cars and new energy technologies pay well, and they can’t be outsourced. We’ll create hundreds of thousands of jobs by improving health care – transitioning to a nationwide system of computerized medical records that won’t just save money, but save lives by preventing deadly medical errors. And we’ll create hundreds of thousands more jobs in education, equipping tens of thousands of schools with 21st century classrooms, labs and computers to help our kids compete with any worker in the world for any job. We’ll put nearly 400,000 people to work by repairing our infrastructure – our crumbling roads, bridges and schools. And we’ll build the new infrastructure we need to succeed in this new century, investing in science and technology, and laying down miles of new broadband lines so that businesses across our nation can compete with their counterparts around the world.This sounds great, of course. But, we still don't know what's actually in Obama's stimulus proposal. The tax portion, designed to solicit GOP support, got smacked around on Capitol Hill this week. We also don't know what will eventually pass in Congress. But, actual job creation is probably the best deliverable.