Obama to Focus This Week on Domestic Issues, Starting with Economy (interview, campaign)

[delusianne]

July 27 (Bloomberg) -- Democrat Barack Obama said he is convening a meeting on the economy tomorrow that will include former Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin, former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker and billionaire investor Warren Buffett as he pivots to the U.S. economy after a nine-day trip abroad.

``I expect some further fine-tuning of short-term policies based on what's happened over the last several months,'' Obama said in an interview last night aboard his presidential campaign plane returning to Chicago from London.

The meeting in Washington will also include former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers, New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine, former Labor Secretary Robert Reich and Anna Burger, secretary- treasurer of the Service Employees International Union, said David Axelrod, Obama's chief strategist.

Bloomberg.com: Politics

[walidm]

Uh oh. Here comes the Real Election.

"it's the economy, stupid"

lol....

[kidicarus89]

Issues issues issues.

[SLCPUNK]

Once Obama gets hold of the economy, he'll be using tax payer money to bail out Wall Street, Hedge Funds and banks!

Oh...that's happening now.

[normie]

Yes, while it was great fun to have a successful overseas trip it's time to move on. A president can't just sit around dwelling on past glories. Focus will be on economy for the next two weeks, environmental concerns during the Olympics (an obvious choice, considering how the media will be commenting on the pollution in China), and energy plans announced in September. So far things are going according to plan.

I'd love to hear some dynamic plans come from the meetings this week, but I'm not holding my breath. IMO, no matter who ends up being president the way out of our economic mess is not going to be pretty.