Barack Obama: “Now is a good time for us to set politics aside for a while and think…”

On the recordNovember 6, 2008

Now is a good time for us to set politics aside for a while and think practically about what will actually work to move the economy forward.

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The President-Elect's News Conference in Chicago

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