Obama Press Conference VIDEO
Barack Obama held his first press conference as President-elect on November 7, 2008. He started the morning with a meeting of the leading economic advisers from across the nation. They filed in first and stood in front of a bank of American flags and were joined a few minutes later by Obama.
The transition economic advisory board was a collection of business men, academic and government leaders. They included Lawrence Summers, Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm, Google CEO Eric Schmidt, former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker and executives from Xerox Corp., Time Warner Inc and Hyatt. Warren Buffett joined the group via teleconference.
Obama made an initial statement that focused heavily on the economy and then took questions from reporters. The entire session lasted about 20 minutes. Check out the videos below.
First tape: “We only have one President at a time.”
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PPNb9srnGs[/youtube]
Second tape: Reporter Q&A
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAhsj9HTNdU[/youtube]
Third tape covers: State of U.S. Intelligence, Cabinet Posts and 1st Dog:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zX-ixwNijE[/youtube]
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I am definitely an Obama supporter, so what I say I say in admiration and respect:
1. “Pres. Bush invited Michelle and me,” not “Michelle and I”. You would not say “invited I,” but “invited me.”
2. Constantly referring to “my vice-president”, “my chief of staff”, etc. sounds too self-serving. It would be better to say “our vice-president” or “the chief of staff”, more inclusive.
3. I am so sorry that he made the Reagan statement, but I believe he is too. Just leave names out of such statements–unless they are positive, of course. I would be curious to know who brought this mistate to his attention.
Otherwise, I thought it was a good conference, really liked the answer about the Cabinet, that appointments would be well thought out. In my prayers.
The sign on the podium says “Office of the President Elect” – there is no such office and someone should certainly have pointed this out. It looks and sounds pushy and arrogant. Oh, and don’t point to the Presidential Transition Act of 1963 because no where in that act does it declare this to be an office.