Return of the Fireside Chat: Obama Delivers First Democratic Video Address

By Staff, Think Progress
Posted on November 15, 2008, Printed on November 26, 2009
http://www.alternet.org/bloggers/http://www.thinkprogress.org//107233/

Yesterday, President-elect Barack Obama recorded the "Democratic Radio Address" using video as well as audio. The New York Times notes, "It may seem like a political no-brainer in the age of YouTube, but as aides to Mr. Obama pointed out, it is a first for a president or president-elect." In the message, Obama urges Congress to "pass at least a down-payment on a rescue plan that will create jobs, relieve the squeeze on families, and help get the economy growing again." Watch it: