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Your Weekly Address from the President-elect

Submitted by Milieunet from YouTube

16 hours ago

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President-elect Barack Obama announces he has directed his economic team to assemble an Economic Recovery Plan that will save or create 2.5 million more jobs by January of 2011. For more information, visit http://change.gov.

Comments (6)

Jeffrey Schwartz,

11 hours ago

meh, content is good, but he comes across too dictitorialsounds too dictitorial. prez needs nedia training like nobody's biz. communications director needs to fall on his sword if necessary to insist that brother Barack learn to speak extemporaneously...not from the teleprompter. either that, or Rahmbo could do it...easily. to repurpose the prez's closing quote. we need to act...now

Milieunet,

2 hours ago

i agree with you that he sounds like reading a book. In public and in debates he sounds a lot better.

Danielpatricio,

Nov 23, 2008

I agree that it is not video blogging as in the format we know and expect it but it is still a great progressive step from his office to get everyone involved in politics.

As a young person, I would be more likely to come across the address on youtube; than on the official government website.

I think it is important enough they are purposing the content for modern mediums and aggregators.

Milieunet,

Nov 24, 2008

Daniel i agree totally with you. He is doing a great communication job, feeding everybody with nes in the way people like to see that.

Some like Twitter, Some like YouTube, Some like his personal website and Some like his Gov website. He gives everybody the best opportunity to see and hear what he is talking about, what he is doing, what his plans are.

Great. Never seen before in politics.

Danielpatricio,

Nov 24, 2008

I have started to see some Canadian politicans with half the personality trying to reach out through twitter and the new mediums.

They might not be Obama but I think it is positive in reaching out to new audiences

Homosuperior,

Nov 25, 2008

@Jeffrey I disagree. I think these weekly videos should verge on the boring. No panic, but confident. Compare the content of what he's saying with how he says it. I think the balance is close to just right.