Steve Kroft speaks with President-elect Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, about his historic election victory, his personal transition, and his family; And, Andy Rooney salutes the art of print journalism.
60 Minutes, 11.16.08
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Faced with the choice between changing one's mind and proving that there is no need to do so, almost everyone gets busy on the proof. —John Kenneth Galbraith
Knowing that the vote over the weekend in Greece was really a referendum on Euro membership, a majority of the Greek Parliament said yes to staying. European Finance Ministers meet again on Wednesday to solidify the 2nd bailout package for Greece at the same time hopefully a deal is consummated between Greece and its creditors this week. The Greek 14.5b euro bond that matures on March 20th is up by 2 pts. The optimism that all will be completed and contained AGAIN to Greece has yields lower in Portugal, Spain and Italy. The iTraxx Financial Index is also narrower by...
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November 17th, 2008 at 9:19 pm
This man seems to have been born to be president: wisdom, intelligence, calm, confidence, humor, all rolled into one. He shifts from world affairs to college football with ease and handles all questions like he has been dealing with the issue all his life. Finally, we have a president to be proud of again. Can you imagine W’s answer to some of these questions? The difference is night and day.
November 17th, 2008 at 11:39 pm
And the biggest difference… we now have someone most Americans are actually willing, if not anxious, to work for and with.
November 18th, 2008 at 6:17 am
What is there not to like?
This man wants a better country. There is nothing in his vision of what ‘better’ looks like that differs from mine. Have you asked that too?