According to change.gov, President-Elect Obama has begun what will be a weekly address via online video to the American people. This is very reminiscent of FDR's fireside chats of the Great Depression.
It's nice to see that Obama realizes the potential of the Internet to do more than just raise millions and millions of dollars. Obama's resolve to open up the processes and ideas of the White House to some awareness and scrutiny by the public will hopefully be a breath of fresh air to American politics.
That being said, the message being imparted this week is somewhat bleak and disheartening. I think he is trying to make the crisis very real for those who have yet to be touched strongly by it.
"In particular, we cannot afford to delay providing help for the more than one million Americans who will have exhausted their unemployment insurance by the end of this year. If Congress does not pass an immediate plan that gives the economy the boost it needs, I will make it my first order of business as President."
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