****Heads Up: Obama To Hold A Presser****

[Hope And Change]

Obama transition briefing

President-elect Barack Obama holds a briefing to make an announcement about his team and economy.

Watch it here:

http://edition.cnn.com/video/live/live_asx.html?stream=stream3

[DCBob]

1. Started.

Sounds good so far. Board will be diverse and filled with experts from outside govt.

[ellacott]

2. Did he name Austan Goolsbee to his team?

I missed the beginning.

[DCBob]

6. Yes. I think he said something about being staff director and liason.

My connection was not good so I may have gotten that wrong.

[DCBob]

3. Goolsby will be liason to Obama

Other members will be announced later.

[ellacott]

7. Thanks

I was hoping he would have a formal role in this administration.

[QC]

16. Will Goolsbee continue to work for the DLC,

or will he have to give up that position?

[Cha]

4. He said

Pie!

[tridim]

5. I think we decided yesterday that "pressers" is a Bush* word.

Presser: A half-assed press conference.

Obama gives his full ass. :)

[sufrommich]

8. No one conveys that the adults are in charge better

than Obama. At the risk of sounding gushy,he makes me believe all will be well and we are in good hands.

[ecstatic]

9. Bush needs to resign NOW!

There is clearly only one person interested in leading this country right now, and that person is President Elect Obama!

[yodermon]

10. isn't this his 3rd press conf. in 3 days?

wow.

[DCBob]

13. Yep -- new world's record!

Cheers!

[DCBob]

11. Who was that moron reporter asking the long complex leading question.

Sounds like he was criticizign Volker and Goolsbee.

[Oceansaway]

12. Ed Henry...CNN...n/t

[AnnitaR]

17. He's the tool on CNN who's been asking for days...

"What specific programs is Obama going to cut from the budget"! That's the new meme that CNN is trying to push is that Obama is not giving any specifics on what programs he is going to cut to pay for all of his programs. CNN doesn't seem to realize that Obama is not the President yet!

AC360 harped on that point last night over & over! Someone needs to explain to that tool & CNN that you don't try to balance the budget in a recession! Henry thinks he's a big guy on campus asking that question - he's on CNN right now saying that Obama still refuses to say how he is going to pay for anything & that he was very defensive! Good grief!

[Cha]

20. No, he wasn't defensive..

Obama made it clear that the reporter's question was badgering.:)

[Jennicut]

21. Hilarious, isn't it? He won't put out a specific plan, doofus Henry because

he is not president yet!!!!!

[Cha]

18. Obama had the opening, though, to

explain that just because he appointed someone from the Clinton admin doesn't mean it's not going to be about his vision of CHANGE-O:bounce::patriot::kick::party:

[alwysdrunk]

14. Who else here LOVES listening to him speak?

Even if I didn't agree (I do), just having a someone who sounds like he know what he is talking about and is NOT LYING speaking to the people as a leader.

This is actually going to be harder to get used to than I thought.

[Cha]

15. He's our Prez Elect and he

makes me feel good about the whole darn Planet.

[IndependentDem]

19. shit. i must have missed it... this link goes to Condoleezza Rice now...

not nearly as cool.