Barack Obama Worships At The Temple Of Basketball
Oh good gravy nowhomebuilderswant a bailout. [ Wall Street Journal ]
Investors approve of Citigroup getting its bailout; on Friday the government agreed to invest $20 billion and guarantee over $300 billion of the bank's troubled assets, and today the markets are expected to open higher. [ AP ]
Barack Obama has not attended church since the election, but now he is looking for DC-area house of worship. [ ABC News ]
Two roadside bombs and one suicide bomber outside the Green Zone killed at least 19 people in Baghdad today. [ AFP ]
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin says he hopes the US and Russia will have a better relationship soon and that a President Obama will be "more constructive and responsible" in dealing with arms control matters. [ AP ]
Everybody wanted BOLD PROPOSALS from our President-elect Obama, so here is something bold: a $700 billion spending package, separate and distinct from the bank bailout, to save or create 2.5 million jobs. The point is this: we can now refer with impunity to "Obama's extraordinarily large package." [ New York Times ]