Politics Channel Weekly Update 11/21/08

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President and Vice President Elect Barack Obama and Joe Biden on election night. From Flickr, by Barack Obama



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“The US economy is now at risk of losing between 7 and 13 million jobs by the end of 2009. This means Obama's #1, #2, and #3 priorities will have to be to stop the bleeding.“

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Just the salient points. McCain does not want to spread the wealth around. Obama wants to cut the 15 billion dollar subsidy to insurance companies. Obama wants to invest in higher education.
Apparently, Matt Stoller, like the Mad Biologist, wants to hear a dog whistle from Obama too (italics mine):
A lot of people think the debate was pretty even. Obama supporters liked Obama, McCain supporters liked McCain, I assume (that is utterly obvious). But what matters is the effect on uncommitted voters.