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President-elect Barack Obama plans to give a major economic speech Thursday, an Obama spokesman confirms for CBSNews.com. No other details are available at this time.

Obama will meet with his economic team at the transition office in Washington, D.C. at 12:15pm today. He will also talk stimulus with Democratic and Republican leaders on Capitol Hill today.

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by pookster12 January 5, 2009 2:47 PM EST: Yea I can''t wait to hear what he says also, it should be good. Lets hope that washington has the best interest of the country at heart and not their own special interests and agendas so we can sort out this mess we''re in; Reply to this comment


by gangesdak January 5, 2009 2:48 PM EST: What (all) bad decisions has Obama made already for which we need God''s intervention?; Reply to this comment


by endurorob January 5, 2009 3:04 PM EST: He won''t discuss the situation in palestine because he is not president yet but he won''t can''t keep his mouth shut concerning the economy.; Reply to this comment


by longtree-2009 January 5, 2009 3:13 PM EST: think the majority of americans are tired of speeches, rhetoric, from the mouths of politicians including obama. americans want action, results, implementation. if the pervert 27 y/o speech writer, who was in the news for groping a cutout of hillary, is writing obama''s material for this speech, definitely doubt anyone wants to listen to obama since apparently he does not write his own speeches. obama needs to get off his behind and start working, taking action, implementing and ease off the speeches.; Reply to this comment


by airboatboy1 January 5, 2009 3:35 PM EST: apparently he does not write his own speeches. obama needs to get off his behind and start working, taking action, implementing and ease off the speeches. ----------
Posted by longtree at 12:13 PM : Jan 05, 2009

Did someone write Bush''s speeches or was he sound that stupid all on his own?; Reply to this comment


by dzemog1 January 5, 2009 4:03 PM EST: apparently he does not write his own speeches. obama needs to get off his behind and start working, taking action, implementing and ease off the speeches. ----------
Posted by longtree at 12:13 PM : Jan 05, 2009
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Well longtree, there is the small matter of inauguration and the fact that he''s not actually the President yet. He''s done more during the transition and has more wheels in motion than ANY President-Elect in history. Obama''s done and is doing everything he can do legally before he officially takes office. I suggest you be happy with the fact that he''s not home playing golf like John McCain would be if he were in this position.; Reply to this comment


by dzemog1 January 5, 2009 4:04 PM EST: '''' .. oh, how nice, the coveted fleshen hand burger, congratulations for healing trillions dollars raped dead war babys with trillions dollars war .. ''''

'''' .. get sick soon tax the world, let''''s all play holy dare shock awe war .. we''''ll save everyone, we''''ll make us all good .. and when through we''''ll behave as should .. ''''

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Posted by morphndol8 at 12:16 PM : Jan 05, 2009

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You''re a moron....; Reply to this comment


by dzemog1 January 5, 2009 4:11 PM EST: Every Real American should be afraid, very afraid of hussein''''s plans to socialize America by RE-DISTRUBUTING YOUR WEALTH to his "friends".

Since most of hussein''''s supporters don''''t contribute to society, don''''t earn meaningful income and therefore don''''t pay taxes, hussein plans to re-distribute wealth by giving the tax money paid by hard-working, successful Americans to these people via a tax credit. For example, consider those college pukes that primarily live off their parents for drug money (and probably will do so for the rest of their lives). Say they earn a few dollars flipping-burgers, and pay no income taxes. Under hussein''''s plan, even these pukes WILL GET A CHECK OF $1000 FROM THE IRS.

Posted by LoonyLeft at 12:58 PM : Jan 05, 2009

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Frankly LoonyLeft, you''re the one who scares me. I didn''t vote for McCain but you won''t see me posting disgusting inflamatory hate about him. Maybe it''s time for you to grow up and act like an actual adult. The only place for your kind of hate is h*ell. If this is all you''ve got to offer, maybe you should go there...

By the way, I''m an Obama supporter. All of my friends are Obama supporters. ALL of us have MBA''s and NONE of us flip handburgers for a living. Get a grip!!; Reply to this comment


by rixmix98 January 5, 2009 4:20 PM EST: Posted by LoonyLeft

Well, at least you got the Loony part right.; Reply to this comment


by credibility2 January 5, 2009 4:43 PM EST: I''m sick and tired of this guy''s running off at the mouth. He wastes time and says nothing. He''s so full of himself, which is why he has to get in everybody''s face with his vapid verbiage. Unfortunately, there are far too many who actually think that what he has to say really matters, the very same who voted for him.; Reply to this comment


by credibility2 January 5, 2009 5:05 PM EST: So-called neocons, which I''m not, don''t have an exclusivity on the bully pulpit or being screwball; it''s something that''s equal opportunity. Obama is full of himself and his vapid verbiage. Change we can all believe in - NOT!; Reply to this comment


by hitoyou11 January 5, 2009 5:05 PM EST: I''''m sick and tired of this guy''''s running off at the mouth. He wastes time and says nothing. He''''s so full of himself, which is why he has to get in everybody''''s face with his vapid verbiage. Unfortunately, there are far too many who actually think that what he has to say really matters, the very same who voted for him.

How true. All he does is TALK. Is he going to do anything? I don''t think so.; Reply to this comment


by hitoyou11 January 5, 2009 5:06 PM EST: dzemog1, You can''t be from the U.S.
No body here, in the U.S., is as dumb as you.; Reply to this comment


by bushy15 January 5, 2009 5:07 PM EST: What happened to the "there''s only one president at a time" approach? I guess that only applies to situations that are not uncomfortable for the One.; Reply to this comment


by bushy15 January 5, 2009 5:10 PM EST: ***, during every single political story I read lately, I keep hearing circus music. Does anyone else hear it?; Reply to this comment


by MIpapaof4 January 5, 2009 5:11 PM EST: 0
BA
MA
PHD

Do you know what this is? Three degrees below zero.; Reply to this comment


by cheteunice January 5, 2009 5:25 PM EST: Here he goes flip flopping again this time on the one president at a time. Will CBS keep tabs on his flip flops once he becomes president for real? Total should be impressive!; Reply to this comment


by cheteunice January 5, 2009 5:29 PM EST: dzemog1, I''d be happier if Obama would keep quiet until he is ACTUALLY THE REAL president.; Reply to this comment


by g8trbait08 January 5, 2009 5:36 PM EST: Curious to see his position on something! Haven''t heard anything but wind since he started running for President!!; Reply to this comment


by specialty8 January 5, 2009 6:17 PM EST: How many more speeches is this empty suit going to have? Seems like he is trying to convince himself more than anything.Also take note on how many times he speaks out the side of his mouth, this a sure sign of not telling the truth.; Reply to this comment


by samthetvcat January 5, 2009 6:23 PM EST: All he ever says is the same things - it''s going to get better before it gets worse, sense of urgency, tough on pork and investing only in the future, saving 3mil jobs, all the experts agree, blah blah blah blah blah . . .

Have I forgotten anything?; Reply to this comment


by January 5, 2009 6:58 PM EST: WHY GOP WANTS TO KEEP AMERICA IN THE POORHOUSE:
Republicans didn''t wait for the votes to be tallied back in November to start working on how to stop Obama from succeeding in office.
Any success Obama has in bringing about America''s economic recovery will further weaken chances for Republicans to regain power in Washington.
Republicans believe America''s financial success is not in their best interests and they vow to do everything they can to prevent it.
Think about that as your situation gets worse.; Reply to this comment


by justspiffy January 5, 2009 7:02 PM EST: The election is over. No more Republican President.
Thank God and greyhound he''s gone.; Reply to this comment


by cheteunice January 5, 2009 7:15 PM EST: justSpiffy, There''s a republican president until 12:00 noon 1/20/09.; Reply to this comment


by brannigon January 5, 2009 8:30 PM EST: "Economic Speech"; how about "More BS"! Thats all its going to be!; Reply to this comment


by McHineguy January 5, 2009 8:55 PM EST: The last president (Bush) had problems but didnt say much about them. He knew he wasnt a good speaker so he didnt speak publicly unless he had to.

This new guy knows he can speak clearly and with some inspiration. So, he is gonna talk a lot.

Same problems, for which the only solutions are you and me working harder. But now we are going to hear about them a coupla times each week.

Change we can believe in. More talk. I beleive it already.; Reply to this comment


by kansas1946 January 6, 2009 12:57 AM EST: Curious to see his position on something! Haven''''t heard anything but wind since he started running for President!!

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Posted by g8trbait08 at 02:36 PM : Jan 05, 2009
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We all hear what we want to hear. Some of us hear hope and some of us hear wind.; Reply to this comment

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