Action

In about 8 minutes, President Obama outlined his plan for immediate action on the economy.  Missing from most accounts of this statement I've heard is the President convening not just the same old Washington leaders but business, civic and academic leaders next week to bring some reality to the search for political solutions.  Here's a transcript of the above statement.

By the way, FDR and now President Obama are the only Democrats since the Civil War to have achieved popular vote majorities in two successive presidential elections.