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PRESIDENT OBAMA'S IN THE HOUSE: We have chosen hope over fear!!!

I'm still at a lost for words to sum up the whole Presidential election and inauguration experience so please bare with me. This morning was one of the warmest coldest days I can remember. My husband, son and I snuggled in the bed to watch the inauguration and I have been crying since 8:00 am PST. I'm a little emotional right now. I hate to do a Sarah Palin, but I liked EVERYTHING about what we experienced this morning. It was amazing to watch President Obama stand and give a speech with so much grace and conviction. I mean, if this was me I would not have been able to keep the tears back. It was was awesome to see people put there differences to the side for a moment. I mean, did you actually see President Daddy Bush and President Bill Clinton share smiles and a hug? Get outta here!!! Click here for more

President Bush got the Kuddies...nobody wants to shake his hand

Duck Mr. Soon to be Ex-President

People sure are getting bold these days with disrespectin' Mr. Bush.  This footage is classic.

OBAMA MAIL: Daschle to be Obama's Health and Human Services Secretary

WASHINGTON - NBC News confirms from Democratic sources that former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, D-S.D., has accepted President-elect Barack Obama's offer to be Secretary of Health and Human Services.

The appointment has not been announced, but officials said the job is Daschle's barring an unforeseen problem as Obama's team reviews the background of the South Dakota Democrat. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren't authorize to discuss the matter publicly.

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Hu, Obama discuss China-US relations

Chinese President Hu Jintao and US president-elect Barack Obama Saturday discussed in a telephone conversation relations between China and the United States and major international issues of common concern, including the ongoing global financial crisis.

In the telephone conversation, Hu expressed appreciation to Obama for emphasizing in his election campaign speeches the great importance of China-US relations, and for advocating the strengthening of China-US cooperation in jointly responding to global challenges and in sharing global development opportunities.

Hu pointed out that since the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries 30 years ago, bilateral relations have generally kept developing despite setbacks, scoring hard-earned achievements and bringing about tangible interests to both nations.

As the largest developing nation and the largest developed nation, China and the United States share extensive common interests on issues related to world peace and development, and both assume important responsibility in this regard, Hu said.

In the new historical period of time, China is willing to maintain high-level exchange with the United States and also contacts at all levels, continue strategic dialogue with the United States, increase exchange and cooperation between the two countries in all fields, and strengthen the exchange of opinion and coordination with the United States on major international and regional issues, the Chinese president noted.

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Taking Care of Business Obama: U.S. faces 'greatest economic challenge'

If you thought President-elect Barack Obama was going to wait until January 2009 to address the state of the economy well you can forgetaboutit :)  He's coming out of the blocks quickly and taking his position as a world leader seriously.

President Obama held his first press conference as "president-elect" stressing that the focus of his efforts would be the struggling middle class.

We need a rescue plan for the middle class that invests in immediate efforts to create jobs provides relief to families that are watching their paychecks shrink and their life savings disappear," Obama said in his opening statement before taking questions.

We are facing the greatest economic challenge of our lifetime, and we must act swiftly to resolve them," he added, while also deferring to President Bush and his economic team, noting that the country has only one government and one president at a time.


"This morning, we woke to more sobering news about the state of our economy," Obama said in his opening statement. The 240,000 jobs lost in October marks the 10th consecutive month that our economy has shed jobs. In total, we've lost nearly 1.2 million jobs this year and more than 10 million Americans are now unemployed. Tens of millions of families are struggling to figure out how to pay the bills and stay in their homes."

I have to give it to him.  Even though he is not addressing homelessness directly, he understands that Washington must begin to undo the barriers preventing Americans from employment and to focus on keeping people in their homes. I can't even recall if President Bush has even said that we are in a "recession" now he has said "crisis", however, Barack Obama is addressing this country one issue at a time and by that I mean he trying to keep people in their homes. Amen!




Do you approve this message by President Barack Obama? Question:  What exactly is the "middle class"???

Talk about charisma: Barack Obama Brushes Washington off!

This video was prior to his Presidential win.  Barack says:

Washington is always the last to get the news. Washington hasn't gotten the news yet that the people want something different...they want CHANGE."

Well what was the issue with the debate with Hillary Clinton?  Obama says:

It took 45 mins before they started talking about a single issued that matters to the American people.  45 minutes before we heard about health care, 45 minutes before we heard about Iraq, 45 minutes before we heard about gas prices. Now I don't blame Washington for this because that's just how Washington is..."

Watch the rest here...that man has definately got talent: