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I live in Minneapolis, where we had a bridge collapse. My brother is a truck driver. We both strongly believe that jobs should and can be created to fix our rapidly deteriorating highways and bridges. Wasn't this done by FDR after the Great Depression? Something called the WPA?

LOVE IT OR HATE IT SAY AMEN ! ! !
America wouldn't loose its value the way REPUBLICAN PARTY did, ur good record and dignity wouldn't be useless the way JOHN MCCAIN record is, people wouldn't hate and run away from you the way BUSH is being run away from, you wouldn't be use as a attack dog the way SARA PALIN is use in this election, also you would be succesful and love the way people love BARACK OBAMA, you would be honoured the way the media honoured OBAMA CAMPAIGN, and win in life the way DEMOCRATE did.............................................................amen

Great reaction of the market to Obama's win. Down nearly 500 points. Over 5% of its value was lost today.

Hey people give the man a break, nobody is saying will be easy.
Either him or McCain can do a miracle with the economy we are in a mess created long time ago (8 years). We have to work together

For every american.
check out pauls post first off. second the only way are economy is going to get better is if , we as americans united. stop buying the things we dont need. and try to only buy american made products. forcing business to stay in the states. creating more jobs.
Democratics and Republicans both. we need to take responsability for our own actions to help our econemy. we cant use the president for a scape goat anymore!!!! lets give peace a chance!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We didn't get in this hole in a day,or a week, or even a decade. It's going to take time and effort to dig out no matter who is in the Oval Office.

RealityKing – you can not be serious. the man is not in office and there has been no change in taxes so how the hell can you say that was a direct result to Obama's win. You are a clown!!

Wow. I guess I shouldn't be surprised at all the hate I see in these emails. McCain supporters are holding their breath that Obama will fail, instead of embracing hope and change. He's no miracle worker. No possible way he can be expected to fix everything overnight or any time soon. It took us a long time to get in this mess, and it may take even longer to get out of it. The reason McCain supporters booed is because they are hateful, angry, racist people (fortunately these types of people are apparently outnumbered in America). Obama supporters are hopeful people from every walk of life who are willing to put aside their differences, whether it be skin color or political affiliation, to come together in the hopes of putting America and the world on a better path, one, I might add, that will never be "perfect." Yes, things are going to get a lot worse before they get better, but give the man a chance. You have a new president now - like it or not. How you react is up to you: moan, groan, whine and place blame, or shut your mouth and accept this turn of events in history.

It's unbelievable how Reality King and everyone else to the far right have bought into McCain's smear tactics and have completely ignored the facts. Can any Republican's actually tell us what McCain's tax and economic plan is? I can recite McCain's stump speech for you b/c sadly, throughout the campaign he was unable to produce any original or insightful comment, other than what was laid out in his stump speech.

You know, you people who are still posting this negative garbage really have to take a step back and think for once. You need to ask the question: Why? Why would Obama want to take money from you and give it to people on welfare? Why would Obama want to ruin the country? Why would he want to bring our troops home in defeat? The answer is he doesn't...he's got a clear plan for making things better, and he wants us all to be involved, Democrats and Republicans. You heard McCain last night...we need to put our differences aside and work together. But to sit there and say he's going to ruin the country, that simply defies logic. Please, use your brains for a change instead of blindly believing the drivel you heard on FOX. There's no way Obama would do anything to harm our country and be able to get away with it...he won't be able to sign anything without congress approving it, so chill. If you think...if you ask the question why, do the research and educate yourselves, you'll get the facts. There are checks and balances, your money is safe (well, as safe as it can be right now). The war will end successfully. He's not going to ruin America. Heck, things are so bad now, there's only one way we can go...up.

Jason,

It isn't about taxing businesses, it is about offering tax cuts to businesses for each American that they hire.
And I admire your gracefulness. I voted for Obama, but had McCain won, I would have supported him as well.

Robert, the stock market was doing terrible long before this day.

Obama is going to be a great president. these are hard times and the country will need unity to get through the economic downer that will grow even larger every month. This is no time for fighting brother against brother, we are all Americans, and we need to stick together during the hard times ahead. Obama will lead like Lincoln and FDR; great Presidents serving during terrible times, and we are lucky to have them.

Why should he create jobs when he can just tax the rich and then send everybody else a welfare check?

WHAT IS HE GOING TO DO WHEN A SERIOUS DECISION NEEDS TO BE MADE!!!!!!!!

I KNOW HE WILL VOTE PRESENT THEN ASK BIDEN FOR HELP!!!!

WHAT A JOKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WOW OBAMA SUPPORTERS YOU DID GOOD!!!!

IF SOMEONE WILL WRITE HIM A SPEECH HE CAN JUMP UP ON STAGE AND HE WILL PREACH IT TO YOU!!!!!!!!!

THIS IS JUST BEGINNING AND ITS ONLY 1 DAY AFTER THE ELECTION.

Great, start lowering the expectations before he even takes office. He said he had a plan, so let's see it and judge it.

all we wanted were an acre and a mule....50 states and the white house? we'll take it!

The one thing I hated the most about this election was the race card. When I hear people say i am voting for McCain cause hes white, or Obama because he is black it makes me mad because people are missing the point. The color of someones skin doesnt make them any less qualified to be the president. Also to all those who think that all blacks voted for Obama only your stupid...GROW UP. To those who think a white person is racist because he didnt vote for Obama your stupid also. This country really just needs to grow up and start working together before we end up being a country at war with itself.

A landslide? He won by 7 million popular votes. 47% of the country did not vote for him. A true landslide is Ronald reagan in 1984 winning 49 of 50 states. This is not even a mandate. This was a rejection of George Bush and Republicans, not of conservatism. John McCain is not a conservative and he never has been. Conservative initiatives were on the ballots of 5 different states last night and all 5 of those initiatives were voted for by American citizens. Conservatism was not on the Presidential ballot last night, therefore it could not have been rejected. America is still a center-right nation. As evidence just look at Obama's campaign: he moved from the far left to the center right because he knew he had to in order to win: he promised less abortions, lower taxes, 2nd amendment rights to continue, pro-military actions in Pakistan if we need to, promised to keep the troops in Iraq through 2010 or 2011, etc... all conservative ideologies!!!

All these reports about the biased media are probably true. Look at FOX the most biased bunch of morons yelling and screaming at the top of their lungs (Hannity, Limbarf, Oh my Riley) and they still could not get their message across. Why- because the people were smarter then the media thought. They made the right decision and chose the right man. It will not be easy because he will have to undo 8 years of ineptitude and mismanagement, but it will get done. I had tears running down my face last night while listening to Obama, give one of the most inspiring speeches by any politician. I am so proud of my country this morning for putting racial issues aside and voting for the change that is needed.

I think obama rocks. you got my vote yes we can .go obama

negitiveity is a down fall, President Elect Barack Obama is a man
of inteligance and integraty and I beleave he had it all worked
out before he even told the world he whuld be running for
president unfortunitly American don't realize A SMART BLACK MAN
IS A VERY SMART MAN AND THIS MAN WILL NOT MAKE A FOOL
OF HIM SELF OR THE PEOPLE WHO WILL BE WORKING WITH HIM
so let us not be STUPID GIVE PEACE A CHANCE

educated black girl, i find it funnyt that you feel you need to justify yourself

AMERICA...FIGHT GET UP AND FIGHT AMERICA...FIGHT FOR BARACK OBAMA...OUR NEWLY ELECTED PRESIDENT. DON'T NOT, I REPEAT...DO NOT RESIST YOUR OBLIGATION TO YOUR COUNRTY CALLS. YOUNG, OLD, WHITE, BLACK, ASIAN, LATINO, RED, BLUE, PINK GREEN...WAKE UP AND FIGHT FOR YOUR NATION. GOD BLESS OUR CHANGE...THANK YOU O LORD!

To all the Nay-sayers and HATERS basically the "IGNORANT ONES" grow up the rest of the country has!! You are making it a racial issue when it should be an human-race issue. Obama is looking out for mankind as a whole not just a man of a certain kind! Deal with it! We've had to for the past 8 years!!!

Does anyone find it ironic that the stock market dropped 400 points today on the Dow...is this the Wall Street reaction to the Election? How can we create more jobs when the economy starts spiraling out of control?

Reading worldwide news, it shows all major markets (with the exception of the Nikkei) have slipped today. Are investors signaling their confidence in our new President? Something to think about...

Obama wins the election and inherits a HUGE financial crisis, which will test him...good luck Obama, you'll need it.

Betty the Beuatician-
Your'e comments were among the most intelligent and accurate I've read.
Americans, stop whining / bashing just for the sake of doing so. Your behavior shows a big reason why we are looked down apon by non-americans. Grow up.
Sometimes facts are facts, that doesn't make it bigited bashing!

Karen from Detroit; great point! Those people I am sure got off thier butts and voted for O, since they percieve a free ride ahead!

From: not excited to become Socialist-

As an Inmigrant , objective an citizen of USA. I 'm so sad about all comments of USA people. The "white", the "Blacks",the " Indep.".., the "Republicans, the Democ..." are a bunch of ignorants.
Check History of the world
Stop spending in garbage
Go to school and college
Start respect the rest of the world
Learn how to love your country
Try to understnd a little more about others
Change the "Democratic" system to elect a president.
Stop talking and do real stuff.
God Bless the world and humans.

He Hasnt Even been Sworn in Yet and your Bashing him Already, President Obama is Walking into a huge Mess 2 wars, The Economy the worst Since the Depression, thats More then what some Presidents have had on their plate STOP THE BASHING AT LEAST WAIT UNTIL HIS 6-12 MONTHS IN!! jeeeeezzzzzzzzz Some people are Amazing!

Not only will it be hard to create jobs, but after a very long eight years of Bush destroying most of what made America great & a financial super power, Obama will find it very hard to get all of Bush's disasters back on track.
With that being said, Obama / Biden was the correct choice to turn around this enormous mess they will inherit.
Yes We Can...........

It's so great that all of us have freedom of speech and such a shame that so many don't think before hand. Bush has cost more jobs, ran up higher deficits and taken away more civil rights than any president before and yet people are prejudging President Elect Obama before they even see what he does. Not like anybody could quickly fix all the damage Bush and his neocons have done in the past 8 years.

It may take several presidential administrations to clear up the disasters that have occurred within the past 8 years. But I think our newly-elected president will rise to the task and raise American citizens up with him.

I think yesterday was tremendous, not merely in historical terms, but our citizens decided it was time to take back our country and make it right again.

By the way "AK" thanks for your shoutout!

Dana in TN.

Finally, this stupid election is over. Maybe now I can go back to my regularly scheduled life. It's hilarious and sad to watch people's hateful comments fly back and forth here. If someone doesn't agree with your political views, then they are "uninformed," a redneck, hateful, or any other number of things that you would never know because you don't even know that person. Can we not separate political views from the person? I have some brilliant co-workers who happen to support the party that I don't. Perhaps their political views come about because of different experiences and opinions, and not from a lack of education or IQ? Trust me, there are plenty of brilliant and stupid people to go around on both sides.

It's also funny that the winners always want to end the partisan bickering now and work together. Sure, the majority will be united with you as long as you agree with them. But of course the party in the minority will always play the spoilers.

Please wake up and realize that we are all human beings here and are ultimately on the same side. And for the most part, we are very similar regardless of the party we choose to vote for. It's not a matter of good vs. evil, right vs. wrong, educated vs. uneducated - just a difference in political opinions. Please start treating people as people and not party affiliations. Now, I'd like to get back to enjoying my football without political candidates invading the halftime show.

I am sure all big corporations will shift overseas which is a direct result of Obama's policy. God save our country.

Mr. Shark,

The point is: If you are unemployed there are jobs available in this country. They may not pay what you were making before but if times are tough work 2 jobs. Don't wait around for someone to hand money to you. If you don't have the skills necessary to land a good paying job...go back to school. There are plenty of reasonably priced community colleges and state schools, not to mention federal aid to help pay for it.. I am sick and tired of people whining about their pay or being unemployed. If you don't like something make it better. Improve yourself or be willing to make undesirable wages.

I'm hoping that Obama can prove a lot of us Republicans wrong, but I still don't agree with what he is trying to do. I don't believe that redistribution of wealth is the way to go. I can look back through history all I want and I am sure I will never see when taxing businesses ever brought in more jobs. Its usually just the opposite.

Like I said before I did vote for McCain, but since Obama is president I will support him until he pulls a Clinton.

It will be a struggle for everything...what else is new? As long the American people know that thsi mess we're in did not happen overnight & it sure won't be solved overnight. As Obama says, we all need to do our parts, government cannot & will not solve all our problems.

WHAT A JOKE!!!!!!!!!

GO AHEAD OBAMA FANS HELP HIM!!!!!!!

YOU VOTED FOR HIM!!!!!!!!!

JUST WHAT THE COUNTRY NEEDS ON THE JOB TRAINING!!!!!

My fear is that the truly rich will make sure their money is protected. My definition of truly rich are those who can afford to purchase yachts, sail around the world, own villas in Spain, etc. These folk are not going to let anyone increase their taxes to the point of losing a large amount of their fortunes. If the government begins to tax heavily at the very top down to whatever level they choose, these folk will move their money out of the country. They may move their companies, or at the very least shelter their fortune so taxes will not hurt them. Bush recognized this and made it profitable for the super rich and somewhat less to do business in the USA. If Obama attempts to draw more from these they will simply rebel to the point of retrenchment. Where does that leave the rest of us? Well, it leaves us ten trillion in debt, no social security, no jobs, no anything. I hope some economic genius is guiding our new president!

HERE'S ANOTHER THOUGHT FOR ALL YOU INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE ALREADY BASHING YOUR NEW COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF..... GUESS WHAT, WE HAD AN ELECTION YESTERDAY AND YOUR CANDIDATE DIDN'T WIN. DEAL WITH IT!

i will never call obama my president he has a forged birth record he is not a american citizen now i waiting to see if this is good enouch to be posted i mean after all our freedom of speech is gone as we knew it

OMG! I can not be the absolute ignorance I am reading on this board. Looks like we have a lot of angry individuals, most of which not only sound totally ignorant by their own doing but totally out of touch with reality.

YOU HAVE A NEW PRESIDENT! GET OVER IT. STOP TRYING TO DIVIDE AND TRY TO UNITE

To all of those who are already saying this country is doomed due to the election of Obama. NEWS FLASH the Republicans held the white house for the last eight years, and although Democrats have had power in congress the last two years that does nothing when the president can veto all of your legislation. Secondly, nothing happens overnight, once Obama is sworn in as President in January it will take time for things to improve, there probably will be more jobs lost, things will probably get worse before they get better. However if Obama is even able to create one job during his first term it should be taken as a success because right now we are in economic turmoil and it will take several years to get out of it. I guess the point of all of this is accept that Obama will be our next president and embrace the fact that things can only get better, especially since we will be saving $10 billion dollars a month once the Iraq war is concluded, and that should have been reason enough to have voted for Obama, as 60+ million of us did last night.

Paul you are so right!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I find the reaction we get from the anti obamas hilarious. Sounds like you all are running the McCain campaign. Let's criticize Obama instead of addressing how to fix the issues. That is why we need a person like Obama (Dem or Rep). Someone who knows that progess is made through action, not through complaining. We have had years of selfish, greedy, screw the working joe politicians running the country. Look at where it has gotten us. Now people want to complain because America spoke, said they've had enough, and elected someone who wants to do it differently. That's just silly, that's just crazy. Remember, a wise person once said the definition of crazy is doing the same thing over and over again expecting a different outcome. McCain winning would have been more of the same. If you for one minute think the outcome would be any different, you're crazy!

For John:

You give the Prof. a hard time about grammer and you write this:
"Pls find the verb in the following sentence… I am beating a chalk duster on top of you thick skull."

It would be "your" thick skull.

dar..

oh wait..

Pres GW Bush had military experience lol..look how that worked out for us.

If he tries to implement his ill conceived agenda, no one will have jobs. Except for government workers. That bloc will increase.

"Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it."

George Bush and–believe it–Herbert Hoover had the same ideas when it came to the economy. Both of them had stockmarket crashes on their watch. Obama's tax plan is one way to create new jobs. How? Right now the majority of Americans can only afford to buy the necessities, that means they cannot buy anything else–and forget about credit, easy credit days are over. The cause and effect is more lost jobs. Simple answer, if you have more, you spend more, that spending increases production which results in new jobs.

I live in the South (red meat states) and voted OBAMA – I can see for myself how people want so bad to hold others down – if not by intimidation by neglect -and ignorance.

we are not done with BUSHENOMICS, now let's see how we do with Obaminomics.

He can't create jobs. Who's he kidding now? Small businesses will struggle to stay afloat and big businesses will leave the country. Watch and see. He is going to ruin America.

Do you guys pay attention or just listen to Rush?

Democrats have had Congress for less than 2 years. And they are at 49-49 in the Senate. Bush vetoes what they submit to him because he still knows best.
The state of this country currently has been in the works for years. Clinton made some mistakes in some of the bills he signed (I still think NAFTA was a bad idea) but the Bushies accelerated the problems. We had an economy that was off track and his solution was to cut taxes to the rich. He had negative job growth his first term (and with the meltdown he will have negative job growth his second), he had 2 wars to pay for, he borrowed heavily from China as they flooded our markets, our manufacturing is gone, and yet he got all pumped up about "record home ownership" under his administration. The bubble was there, you did not have to have a Harvard MBA to see it (and since Bush has one, apparently it did not help either). The Democrats get some blame but this is mostly the result of Republicans still thinking "trickle down" will work. It doesn't....jobs still go overseas because CEOs only worry about their own bloated pay and stock prices.
So, give the man a chance to right the ship. It will take some time to fix this mess.

HE IS MY PRESIDENT, IN MY COUNTRY. I WILL SUPPORT HIM EXPECIALLY TO ANYONE WHO BAD MOUTHS HIM.

K- relax, this is the day after the Election, give everyone to digest. And pray he can do his job as he plans.

I pray to high heaven that Barack Obama can get this put right to shut up all the sore losers – give the man a chance – all you could do before the election was tear down & you are still doing it.

Even if McCain was elected president, he would have a hard time creating jobs also. Since it was the last 8 years of "the other guy" allowing this economy to get so bad. AND BOO WHOOOOO rich people get a slight tax increase. They make so much money they don't need toilet paper to wipe, they just reach into their wallet and grab a Ben Franklin. The economic mess we have now took 8 years to create, and it will require countless effort to put a DENT into providing us with a suitable resoulution. Give Obama the chance...

hatred and bullying is why Mccain lost

and as a human being being an ignorant person filled with so much hatred you lose most of all.

"I've heard numerous people in my area (Detroit) saying how happy they are that they no longer have to work, pay bills or their mortgages."

Isn't that the way things have been in Det-riot for years???

Dear GOP whiners,
YOU put Bush in the drivers seat not once but twice! YOU are responsible for the current state of our country! YOU promoted an unnecessary and cruel war on a country which was not in any way shape or form responsible for 911. YOU have caused a bankrupt economy with your greed and worship of money and oil. YOU have caused the deaths of over 4000 of our children and untold thousands of deaths of innocent Iraqi men, women and children. YOU have sold your childrens future and burdened them with debts to China and Saudi Arabia which will take generations to repay.
YOU are costing America 10 million dollars a day for a war waged on lies and reparations for that error.

J, you are so truly sad and racist. Obama wasn't elected because he was black. He was elected because he really gets it. It has nothing to do with partisanship either. Bottom line, he won by a landslide which means the majority of American citizens agree with him. You may as well get over your white supremacy and recognize that blacks are here to stay and we are as capable as you. No better, no worse. Equal.

you call yourself americans how can you say bad things about obama when you dont even give him a chance . i think the man we have in office now is the one you should be mad at. look how he screwed the ecconomy up .i am proud to have obama as presidenti think he will do good.you republicans much enjoy our money going in your pockets . i am tired of it going in your pockets it time for change. americans need to stand togetherlet help him out as much as possible. in my opinion you republicans need help to understand what americans really means. are we children again in school you all sound like it .you all whine worst then a two yearold grow up . face it the best man won . would you be talking bad about obama if he was white . and you call your selfs americans.

How long until the Obama administration pays back the American People with a deficit so large that we will never be able to dig ourselves out?

How large will it be, 1, 2, 60 trillion dollars? How much will Obama Administration cost the American People

In order to provide more jobs, Obama will create his Gestapo, which he called his civilian army. We will soon see what this man is truly about, the downfall of the USA as a democracy.

Tre'
The reason you do not have a job is because you are poorly educated and do not have an adequate understanding of english grammar. You will continue to have problems securing employment no matter who is in office. People like you are constantly looking for handouts rather than working hard to earn an honest living. What is your opinion of Obama going to be in a year when you realize that your situation has not changed? Also, why do you continue to have children if you can not afford them. Oh yes, because you get a tax credit and qualify for more handouts.

"Why we be strugglin fo da jobs! Let's jus take dem from whitey! He's been oppressin us fo dun now years n years. We be fittin ta take dem jobs"

-Excerpt from Jesse Jackson: A Treatise for Job Action, available at Trinity Church, Chicago, IL. A signed copy sits on Barry's nightstand.

wow....people are making excuses for President Obama's failures already?

Lets everyone just settle down and realize that no matter what happened last night there were going to be angry people today. Only one man was going to win. I'm amazed that any republican saw last night as a shock since nearly every honest political analyst has predicted this for several weeks with many knowing a year ago that any repub candidate had an uphill battle thanks for Pres. Bush's dismal approval ratings. Next point, Dems lets act like adults here and not be sore winners. Telling Repubs to basically take a hike flies in the face of what Sen. Obama has been preaching all along and you've been reciting. Repubs, lets at least give the man a chance before claiming he'll be the worst thing this country has ever seen. After all you all sang GW's praises a little over 8 years ago and look what became of him. The fact is not a darn one of us, including Barack himself knows how good or bad he's going to be until he's knee deep in the countries problems.

This says it all..

McCains crowd boo'd and shouted vile words last night as McCain conceided.

Obama mentioned McCain and the crowd clapped.

Obama will start change that america needs, including getting us out of this financial mess and loss of jobs.,

A small aircraft company in Kerrville Tx. today laid off their entire work force and are moving the operation to China. They've been struggling with the already high taxes they pay and have been ready to make this move if Obama won. They can't afford to pay higher taxes. 300 jobs lost in this town of 20,000. Now they'll pay NO taxes and will flourish!

World issues ARE American issues.......get it!!

How long until Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid try to take control of the Obama agenda?

Obama will only be allowed to do so much by the Democratic Party.

Some people just never learn. Why, for once in the countries history can't all americans; black, white, yellow or green come together for one common purpose. Look we all know this country has it's issues, with the economic crisis and two wars. Why are we making it worse by bickering and argueing with each other. Please people we all need to grow up a little and realize that even if McCain would have won he would be facing the same issues. Obama won because he is a man of honor and dignity and has better plans for our country than McCain/Palin did. All McCain/Pailin wanted to to was divide this country with their hate and disrespect. I guess some of you bought into that and that is really sad. Everyone come together for your new President of the UNITED States of America, Barack Obama. Stop spending so much time hating. There are more important things to do with your life than hate.

wow, our founding fathers will be rolling over in their graves...

Bush never destoryed this country. He kept us safe for 7 years. How many of us would have thought on September 12, 2001 that we would not be attacked again for at least 7 years? We all thought we would be attacked again that year! Bush kept us safe. He also liberated almost 50 million in the Middle East. He cut our taxes and we enjoyed a RECORD 55 straight months of economic growth. It was not until the Dems took over the majority of Congress that the economy turned south.

Mr. BerFall, again, how can you plan on job cuts before a new tax plan is even proposed? That doesn't make any sense.

Dennis, why are people STILL insisting that we are going to be paying higher taxes? Trust me when I tell you, any company shipping jobs overseas doesn't care about a moderate tax increase here in the states, they are doing so because labor is cheaper overseas and they don't care about the American citizens who will be out of a job.. if it saves us $1, then lets do it.. I work for one of the biggest companies in the world, this economy hasn't affected our profits at all as we are constantly buying out other companies.. but my company has shipped several departments overseas because it will save them a dollar or two over several years.

Ok, Carlos, Why don't you tell us and PRESIDENT ELECT Obama how hard it is to create jobs. I'm sure that you created so many during your term in office. Of course, you as a Carlos surely must know more about government than he would as a former senator.

My new puppy could have run the White House better than the GOP.

Tom Bugee what kind of name is that you sound very racist right now . If you want to go there stop shotting up school's , white people are very good at taking other innocent people lives and then there own. You sound like u hav a problem get help befor it gets worse ! lol

Obama can do nothing to create jobs. If he starts trying to turn the government into a job creation machine, America will be even worse off, even sooner than if he did nothing.

Obama will try to survive his first term, which he probably wont, because the economy has been wrecked courtesy of the Clinton years and the deregulation that Clinton oversaw.

Obama will be a 4 year president, at best. Buyers remorse for America, here we come!

Man. You Repubs are so angry. How come? Haha

Now is the time to see if Obama's promise is true or just Liberal Politics as usual. Will he really be a revolutionist or a left wing Bush?

To Party Pooper:

Yes. Its called business planning.

Obama has ONLY one way to create immediate jobs....NO OTHER.
He has to deport the illegals and give the JOBS to Americans. No other choice can have the immediate impact. It is NOT WHAT HE WANTS to do....but there are NO OTHER immediate jobs for the unskilled and low income folks to get. And Americans WILL DO those jobs, other than agricultural pickers, who are seasonal only anyway.

So, sending the illegals home through exployer fines and ID management will HAVE TO HAPPEN immediately for him to have any affect at ALL on the job market. He CANNOT force jobs to RETURN from overseas without violating the Constitution....or driving the corporations to other countries.

He created his own nest, now he has to feather it from his own tailfeathers.

And America will be better off in the LONG RUN.

Mexico and South America will be forced to address their OWN economic problems, or face civil insurrection. That is their problem.

Yes we can...toss out the illegals immediately and create jobs!!

The country is not left. It is not even center-left. it is still center-right. America electing Obama does not signal a move to the Left. In fact, Obama made his campaign more moderate and more right in order to win this election. He talked about wanting less abortions, lowering taxes, maintaining the 2nd amendment and gun rights, staying in Iraq for 2 more years, moving into Pakistan if the terrorists are within our sight, pro- military, etc. It was the only way he could be elected. America never would have elected him if he had stuck to his real, far left radical views. So it just proves America is still center-right

WOOOOOOHOOOOOO!

OBAMA 08. I love to see the GOP and the uneducated sheep squirm. Bye Bye Republicans...

The only good thing that comes from Obama winning is that at least now blacks have no more excuses. I no longer have to hear the whining and complaining that they are oppressed and don't have the same opportunities as whites. Yes, we now have a black man as president. That means that we need to stop hiring blacks over whites just to fill quotas and stop giving huge grants to blacks for college just because of the color of their skin.

Obama is going to have a hard time...

Just look at the hate on these blogs for a man who proved his mettle in becoming President. He has not even gotten in and you have all these right wingers foaming at the mouth about what Obama MIGHT do instead of being angry about what Bush and his henchmen HAVE done.

New administration may not CORRECT the state of economy in a year , or in one term. They will need 3 or 4 terms to overhaul Washington and dirty politics.

Lets change the rules of the game when Congress and Senate meet after lame-duck session.

Senior economist at Wachovia theorized that companies may not hire until they know if Obama will turn Pelosi and the unions loose. I get asked constantly if there will be a flood of offshoring ahead of Obama's tax "penalties" for US companies with foreign operations.

I have opined that any heavy-handedness will cause many multinationals to become foreign corporations with US subsidiaries, and that exports will virtually dry up from the scrapping of our trade treaties.

I can tell you firsthand that capital (notably foreign but some domestic) has been fleeing the country.

Lou Dobbs, Jack Cafferty, MSM, and the dems got what they wanted.

well my other comment is waiting review and i guess i dont really have the freedom of free speech but any way i dont see how he can create jobs when most people want a large pay ck but dont want to wk for it companys will have to hire and pay un qualified workers or they will be shut down under this admendation,, i live in a small town and there arent too many good paying jobs here we are or suppose to get a engery cole plant which would have some good paying jobs but according to obama that will never happen,, you see he dont really want people to acutally wk for a living he wants to spread others hard earned cash to those who do nothing but stick out there hand for a larger ck.. so i will see if this is posted and if i still have free speech

The burden handed to America by George W Bush will not disappear with a new President. There will be no miracle job generation nor will the economy become rosey. We as a nation have a huge job ahead of us. Thankfully we have elected leaders in Obama and Biden that have the intelligence, wisdom, and desire to get this country back on track.

be optimistic America!

Obama won the race...amazingly priceless!

Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort. The joy and moral stimulation of work no longer must be forgotten in the mad chase of evanescent profits. These dark days will be worth all they cost us if they teach us that our true destiny is not to be ministered unto but to minister to ourselves and to our fellow men. Roosevelt FDR

I've already been through it all; lost job, mounting debt, foreclosure; not enough food to eat; sick with no medical care; everything.

I hope it doesn't happen to anyone else, but unfortunately it probably will. Regardless of who won the election, Americans are in for a tough ride. There's just too much inertia to turn this big ship around very quickly.

Oh – and if your about to go over the economic waterfall, be forewarned about one thing. There will be plenty of people out there that are going to blame YOU for everything. That's right. Either you didn't work hard enough or study hard enough or you did something wrong to get you where you are. YOU alone are responsible for your situation. It's YOU who is flawed. Never mind the fact that the average person has little real power over the whole situation. Oh no – we can't blame all the big shots running the show. Why, that would mean there's a flaw in the system and the same thing might happen to any of us. No, it's just the little guy who is struggling. It's all his fault.

Bush created 8 million jobs during his 8 years. Clinton lost jobs and unemployment was at a high. It will be an uphill battle if Obama raises taxes on the very people that create jobs...what is the incentive if you take home less after taxes.

Bush made promises too!! Do you think he kept them!!

Dear lord some of you need to get a grip. The man has not even taken office yet. No one can say what's going to happen down the road. We don't have crystal balls. He has a huge mess on his hands that did not start over night. Of course it's going to take a while to fix. All this hate coming from some of you is disgusting. Did your parents teach you to be so hateful? This just might be the exact thing this country needs right now but some of you are just so jacked off that your guy didn't win that you are pouting. Get over it.

SAY WHATEVER YOU WILL, BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS BARACK OBAMA IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES!!!!! AND NOT BY SOME STOLEN 500 VOTES IN FLORIDA. THE THINKING POPULATION HAS SPOKEN. SUCK IT UP OR MOVE TO RUSSIA!!!!! YOU WILL STILL BE ABLE TO SEE ALASKA FROM YOUR FRONT YARD (LOL!!!!!)

To Dennis:

Michigan is in the crapper because the big 3 auto makers were greedy and refused to be innovative. You can thank all of the gas guzzling SUV drivers who purchased the vehicles that were so successful for those companies. Because of the success of SUVs, the big 3 refused to look to the future and be innovative about what might be coming next. So they made poor business decisions and because of their choices the American auto industry is suffering. Many of our manufacturing jobs in MI were directly related to the auto industry and with them doing poorly, the other companies are suffering. We've always been largely manufacturing here. So it's been a domino effect, not the result of a democratic governor. Educate yourself a little the next time you want to comment.

The current governor of Michigan took over a government run by a Republican and has had to work on cleaning up his mess. "Liberal mismanagement" had very little, if anything, to do with it.

Honestly, the blame game isn't going to help anyone. It is going to take a lot to turn this economic juggernaut that Bush's govt. left us with around. And if McCain was elected he would be facing the same situations.

Also I don't understand why people keep calling President-elect Obama as a messiah. I don't hear democrats saying that.

All the hatred has to stop. It is time for unity and cooperation despite who you voted for!

Also, you do all realize that the economy, while not exceptional, didn't start tanking until two years ago when the democratic party gained majority? So please explain that to be before you start with the "republicans are morons" stuff. Thank you.

Attention: You have just elected a President with a lawyer background.
He carefully parsed his pitch to you, which you screamed as a rally cry.

He did not say "Yes I CAN"......He said "Yes WE can....." and he means "I will force you to do what I tell you that you CAN do, or tax you silly".....the YOU is the one going to pay the price, not GET THE BENEFIT.

CHANGE we Need is what he needs, and his party supporters, not YOU the PEOPLE.

You have been weasel-worded, and bought it all.

Good luck, and happy days!

McCain would have done better?

Therealist: Obama will not take charge officially until 20 Jan..you know after the New Year. Miracles dont happen overnight. Just keep in mind. Bush/Cheney destroyed this country in eight years, it will take Obama and the Dems years and years to undo this mess. Go get a MBA before you speak on business and economics. Otherwise I have you trumped.

After reading some the posts, I realize that these repubs are vile!!! Didn't you hear McCain last night? He wanted the country to move forward under the leadership off Obama. So, please listen to him and stop the bitterness and lies.

To those who voted for Obama:
Please don't tawnt and poke at the losing ticket. It's unsportsmanlike. Just be proud that America finally has a chance to redeem herself.

That ONE 08'

If you're working right now, but lose your job, don't worry. President elect Obama will take care of you. Spread the wealth around. Translated, "YOUR CHECK IS IN THE MAIL."

After reading the comments below he must have been an idoit for wanting the job.

You can see the bitterness coming from the Republican loss...

You can see the bitterness coming from the Republican loss...

@The Prof

learn how to spell first!!! it's *would* not woule.

To Reality King: Hmmmmm Obama costing us more in tax dollars and he hasn't even been sworn in as yet? Very logical!

Obama has to be "American President" first , before being a "World Citizen" that he dearly wants to be called.

New admin needs to spend time and energy resolving American issues.

Andrea.."So people need to be trained for jobs of t he future and Obamination realizes that", If you need to be trained for a job then go out and get a job and pay for your college education just like millions have done in the past. Hussein Obama is going to have a hard fight with trying to take hard working people's money away. That is alot of the reason that people voted for him. "He is going to pay my mortgage and buy my gas", hogwash! Most people that voted for him were generally brainless!

Newsflash: Obama election delivers fatal blow to own grandmother and takes out michael crichton!!!

Wait, sorry, correlation isn't causation, Mr Reality King.

first line of action should be remove all the h1b visa's and green cards for high tech jobs. Why are we outsourcing and then giving the remaining jobs to h1b visa and green card candiates?

He will create job...only it will take time...REPUBLICANS DEMAGES OUR ECONOMY FOR 8 YEARS....PLZ GIVE OBAMA SOME TIME TO FIX IT.

Of course we have to blame it on Bush! How do you think we got to where we are today? He's been president for 8 years!

This job situation can not be fixed overnight, obviously. It took us 8 years to get here, Lord knows how long it will take for us to fix our problems.

Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort. The joy and moral stimulation of work no longer must be forgotten in the mad chase of evanescent profits. These dark days will be worth all they cost us if they teach us that our true destiny is not to be ministered unto but to minister to ourselves and to our fellow men. FDR

The Prof:

I dont think you are as smart as you think you are; to be is not a verb. A verb is an action word, eg smiling or laughing

Pls find the verb in the following sentence... I am beating a chalk duster on top of you thick skull.

NAFTA.

I think we need to look back even a little further than the Bush administration to find the beginning of rampant job loss in this country, Either way, I wish the new President Elect a lot of luck. He is going to need it.

Where do I go now for my free government handouts? Do I have to wait till January?

yes, no unemploynment and no standard of living...that is marxism for you...

Hey Mr. Independent

The jobs you are talking about are being taken by cheaper workers, like illegal aliens..

I would agree with you if it wasn't for the fact that the CEOs of these companies are making 400 times more than the average worker they employ.

Some of these CEOs if they really cared about there companies would take less for themselves to pay for the workers that are keeping them in business.,
But I guess its better to be GREEDY and find cheaper labor instead..

Obama has already taken the first step. He realizes he has to create jobs for AMERICANS. George Bush never grasped that concept. He created millions of jobs for Asians, but very few for Americans. It'll be rough for Obama at first. But he knows you can't solve a problem unless you recognize it first.

Even if he DOES raise taxes, think about the money you spent on $4 a gallon gas for the last few years. HOW MUCH DID THAT CAST YOU? Heres a calculator for the republicans.

The First act of Congress will be to change the name of the nations capital building. And only because the White House now sounds politically incorrect.

AL,

Don't tell the haters to go to fox news, get real. Did you read any of these 'tickers' in the last week when McCain or Palin was the subject?

Talk about hate.

I employ 12,500 people and will cut 15% of staff in the next 3 months due to the election of Obama as Prez. I will raise my prices but not wages due to anticipated tax burden. Obama will create JOB DESTRUCTION!! He is Jimmy Carter's 2nd term!

I am not shocked to here negative talk from people that still can't except the fact that they are still racist . Obama is the president NOW! So get over it! Your living in the past this is now the
future . So many of yall is haters , deep down in side yall no that this pick was best ever made and it kills you to see a African American man in the white house. I pray for people like you. this is history and what I seen last night wasn't just about African Americans it was about the United States of America.

OBAMA!!!!!

Only on day after the election and the several folks are already projecting disaster. These are tuff times and it is sad that the McCain folks can't see that they have to be part of the solution. We can ill afford to be pulling in different directions. Give this President a chance. Lets please try at least to unite and think positive. We will need everyone's input and effort. Lets but the nation ahead of the matters serve to divide us. We need to move from fear to hope.

i find this line very humorous. Obama's idea of creating more jobs is making more government jobs. And everybody seems to think this is a great idea? We are in some big trouble, that's all I've got to say. I'm with RealityKing, my boss has said we might as well close the doors, cause if they actually raise taxes on our little company he's packing up and moving to some country where he's actually allowed to better himself and get rewarded for his efforts.

All of you read through all the comments and see how biased you all are. One way or the other. Petty bickering. Our President ELECT, as in, not actually in command or responsible, needs to at least get a chance to do something about it. So whether it is a 35 employee company, which by the way better make more than $250 or it is not worth it unless it is a charity, that is supposedly struggling or those who are so broke but still have access to a PC and are using the time instead of maybe earning some money, all of you need to give the guy a chance before you can say he can or he can't.

What sort of "employer" will air out his lay-offs on a CNN message board? Sounds like another phony McCain supporter looking to take a stab at the president-elect who had ZERO influence on the economic situation that is causing REAL small business owners to make tough decisions because of your party's inexcusable economic philosophy and policies.

Im running for "Joe the Plumber" next term. Looking for a campaign manager.

Wages have been stagnate for yrs. Our economy has been surviving on stymulus packages and increase in debt! If u create better jobs and increase consumer spending by people who have actually money to buy things small business will have to expand bc of demand! It makes business since so all of u small business owners shut tfu! U will expand ur business bc ur money hungry even if u have 2 b forced to spread the wealth!

Well, Obama Supporters, I hope in 4 years we have improved and the man can keep all of his promises, and make a better stronger nation.

but, if not...I TOLD YOU SOOOOO!

This is my 2nd posting – the CNN censors must not have liked my first entry. I employ 12,500 people, will cut 15% of staff in the next 3 months. I will raise my prices but not wages due to anticipated tax burden. Obama will create JOB DESTRUCTION!! He is Jimmy Carter's 2nd term!

"Bush has done more damage to this country than ever before in history..."

Come on "LS, Austin, Texas" – do you really think that? Are you a student of history? Democrats make wonderful armchair quarterbacks, but your party typically fails to execute on its rhetoric. You've had 2 of 3 branches of elected government for 2 years – what have you done? You soon will have all 3, so should i be getting ready for an unprecedented 4 years of prosperity and enlightenment to be ushered in by your party or just Carter Administration Part II?

I expect Obama would still be blaming Bush for the failing economy, troops still stucked in Iraq, Iran having nukes ect. a thousand days from now when he promises more CHANGE which will only come during his second term.

"The Democrats are for the working man"

Well, with the dem's controlling basically everything now lets see how true that is, frankly I can't remember anything the democratic party has done for the working man since 60+ years ago but raise taxes.

well this is my opion and for now i have the freedom of speech, this is a sad day i draw my socical security and i wk for it and its still not what i paid in , but now with obama it will be cut more to give higher welfare checks to the people who do nothing but have babies and take whats not theres , i know this might not be put up on the blog for god forbid some one say something about obama i mean hes already been deemed the saviour as the second comming but this isnt rite any way you look at it hes just a man that want money and power to help the ones who want try to help them selfs and this is truly a sad day in america

Obama will struggle to create jobs because you can't create jobs by increasing taxes. Obama will increase taxes for far more people than the top 5% of wage earners he's proposed. His tax increases on corporations will also chase more US jobs overseas. For a look at America under an Obama presidency, look no further than Michigan. That state has been in a recession for years under liberal mismanagement.

Let's see how bad it gets when he raises corporate taxes too. I think we should take a poll now to find out who all voted for Obama. They should get the pink slips FIRST!

CAN'T CREATE JOBS BY TAKING OR TAXING THE BUSINESS OWNERS.............. I GUESS HE WILL BLAME BUSH ON THIS TOO!!!!!!!!

The only way you create jobs is with disposible income. where is it going to come from? Is he going to tax the drug dealers to do it? I can see them spreading their wealth around to the unfortunate by paying taxes to the new prez. Obama is too high brow to deal with the real problems in the inner cities. After the 20th of January he will be in the drivers seat. He will inherit the buck stops here sign. Maybe if there is another hurricane in New Orleans he can keep people from drowning.Make a note. Gasoline is 2.21 a gallon right now one day after he is elected. There are no droughts now of any importance. We are promised change.

To Ferd Berfall,
Are you Joe the Plumber's cousin who lives in a fantasy that he is or was or will be a business owner because his limited brain is designed to vote Republican?

Look at countries that are currently or have been run by blacks. They haven't done a good job. I hope that Obama proves his non-believers wrong but I won't hold my breath.

Creating jobs will not be a problem for President Obama. The Marxist States of the 20th Century did not have unemployment.

This economic downturn was started long ago, and needs to hit rock bottom before things will start to look up again. We need to STOP delaying the inevitable by bailing out these irresponsible CEOs and start focusing on the people and our childrens' futures again.

Obama & Democractic party conquered the game.
Let's see how they govern well.

I would also like to know what military experience have either Obama or Biden had?

Obamavoter before I call anyone dumb/stupid, If I WERE you, I woule learn how to congugate the verb to be

Tre'
You don't have a job now because you either did not possess the skills to stay employed or your company could not afford to keep paying you. It had nothing to do with Bush nor will it have anything to do with Obama. Take some responsibility and initiative and get out there and get a job. Instead of looking to Obama for handouts, go flip some burgers or spin a few pizzas. Work 3 jobs if you have to. Stop sitting on the sidelines waiting for someone to rescue you.

many of you keep helping and supporting the greedy who are stealing from your futures. until you gain control over your willingness to let them do it, no politician can help you. you ask for it with your very actions and the thieves know just which buttons to push to keep you infighting, and them very, very rich.

He'd better not! He made all those promises, the dems controlled everything but the white prior to this so they better be further down the path of recovery than McCain would have been! No time to wait Obama, get it done now or get out in 4 years!

People, it took 8 years to make this mess; it won't be fixed in one or even two. Stop playing the blame game, stop the partisan BS and learn to sacrifice and be patient.
Geez, maybe we are a nation of whiners.

Can we please at least let all the votes be counted and the administration put in place before we start speculating on these things?

That being said, I don't make more than 250 million dollars, nor does my small business, so I am not worried about taxes. I am interested to see if I will get the promised credit for each job I create, though. I hope I do because it will encourage me!

Obama will struggle to create jobs becasue you can't create jobs by increasing taxes. And Obama WILL increase taxes on far more people than the top 5% of wage earners he's proposed. His tax increases on corporations will also cause more jobs to be shipped overseas. For a look at America under Obama's presidency you need to look no further than Michigan, a state which has been in a recession for years due to liberal mismanagement.

If it is true that 95% of Americans will get a tax break, why is it that when I put my salary in the calculator on Obama's website it showed that I would get $0 in tax cuts? What am I missing about the 95% tax cut? My salary isn't even close to 250K.

I did not vote for the thing nor will I ever acknowledge he is president of the United States. He is slick talker like a snake oil salesman and said all the things fools like to hear. He has never had any intention of doing what he promised. How sad it is that there are enough people that will vote for a known perpetual liar and one that has known connections to other unsavory people. Yesterday will be remembered in America as a day of Infamy!

If Obama was 1/2 German and 1/2 Irish as opposed to 1/2 white and 1/2 black, would that make him a better president?

Grow up you suffering bastards. Bigotry is learned behavior. Many people in America learned from their parents that black people are somehow less human than whites. Your parents taught you this and that are the worst form of abuse.

Anyone with this kind of hatred should in a 12 step program. Bigotry is a disease, pervasive and chronic!

President elect Obama cannot get anything accomplished without the support and cooperation of Congress. Simple as that. Therefore, everyone who voted in this election, whether it be for or against Obama, cannot now just sit back and expect the President elect or Congress to "fix things." All of us need to stay engaged and up to date on what our elected officials are doing. And, if we don't like what they are doing, we need to come together an voice our opinion. Just like we did in this election. We also need to keep them accountable.

Americans have themselves to blame for much of this because we had become apathetic in our own governement process.

We need to continue to let our elected officials know what we think by a united effort to do just this.

However, sounds to me from watching CNN that "it's going to be politics as usual?" Hope not.

But, Obama can only do so much–

George Bush has had 8 years to screw up the economy, people would have to be pretty naive to think that everything will be corrected in one year – or even one term. Obama, all along, has ben talking about a ten year plan.

Now – yes, steps will be taken in his first term to move us in the right direction, but results are not going to happen overnight. If anyone voted for Obama thinking he was going to wave a magic wand and everything would be perfect within a year, you were seriously deceiving yourselves.

This is going to be a long, difficult road and will require sacrifice from everyone – including the self-serving, greedy republicans out there. It is going to also take monetary investment. I'm hoping one of the first things he invests in is the hybrid technology with US automakers and the alternative fuel development and infrastructure. That will have a win-win-win situation for America in the economy (job creation), national security (energy independence) and the environment.

Well, like any election, the results on whether this is a positive or negative move won't play itself out for at least a year- so forgive me if I find Oprah Winfrey 's comments about, 'America did the right thing', condescending and premature. I hope that we don't turn into the United Socialist Republic.

Ok, apparently RealityKing works for the same imaginery company that Joe the "doesn't make enough money to buy a toilet" Plumber was thinking about purchasing. But is afraid to because his profits will be so high the Obama Tax will hamper his growth.

Get a life RealityKing, and in the event your "small company" is real. Look for another job – any business that makes financial decisions based on an election....Well I don't think I have to tell you that the owner is clearly an idiot.

I also have a company of 100 employees in Maryland. Within a month I will be cutting 15 positions in my small business that makes over $250K a year to maintain the business in order to pay the perceived corporate taxes next year. Actually it is a double whammy with the Bush tax cuts also expiring at the same. To all my employees you may thank Obama for your new found employment... May Godspeed be with you.

very few policies have an imediate effect it usually takes about 8 years for policy to catch up. thus the dems saying it will take 10 years for us to see any resultsof off shore oil drilling. so if anyone is to blame who was in office 8 years ago? bill clinton i would say. who ran the congress and senate? the republicans i would say. so lets say bill clinton and the republicans screwed us 8 years ago. end of story….next!

President's don't create jobs, entrepreneurs do.

Change is coming, Less pay, higher taxes, O. Winfrey in the White House. Jessie Jackson in the Capitial. MLK JR. heads to D.C. Charles Barkley as Govener. See the pattern, what is he going to do for all the people in the Chicago projects?

oh but the mighty "godley" obama has the answer's and the democrats have the answer's. why such a glum outlook. did you "elect that one."

Just to correct a few misconceptions on this board....

The lending crisis and NAFTA were signed into effect before Bush ever took office. So understand this impact of Obama won't be seen until 2015. If you want the facts google on your own. So the economic crisis has nothing to do with what happened in the last 8 years. So get educated so when you do vote in 2012 you have a clue what you are voting for. Obama's programs could end up costing us more money but we won't find that out until it is too late.

The Bush regime has opened up such a gaping wound over the last 8 years that it will be an absolute miracle if anyone can fix it. And if Obama isn't able to get us back in 4 years to where we were 8 years ago, he will be judged as incompetent by the public, republicans, and racists. I can't to hear what the Anti-Obama ads will look like 4 years from now. I think if he just stops the bleeding and stabalizes the country he will have made good on all of his promises, and this man has the potential to do much more than that. People who say he can't hold up on all of his promises are just setting up the arguement for 4 years from now, not even realizing what a DIFFICULT battle we have ahead of us that was created by THE BUSH AND THE REPUBLICANS. If Obama even made good on one of his plans or promisies, or stopped the job loss, let alone began creating jobs – that would be a wonderful change in the right direction – something Bush hasn't been able to do but Obama should be highly regarded if he can. Part of acheving goals is setting high standards, shoot for the stars. Maybe you only get to the clouds, but it is better off then you were before. Lets come together and support our new president-elect and get this thing turned around.

Patty L– clearly Mr. Obama had alot of white supporters,much more than blacks as they are the second minority in population. Good thing we are all not like you patty.

We are trying to move forward, please don't set us back with those illiterate comments of yours.

@ RealityKing

Give up some of your riches to keep what you have. So you "put a freeze" on. You must be making lots of money to do that.

Greedy puts people in their place.

Corporate Pilots for Obama

very few policies have an imediate effect it usually takes about 8 years for policy to catch up. thus the dems saying it will take 10 years for us to see any results. so if anyone is to blame who was in office 8 years ago? bill clinton i would say. who ran the congress and senate? the republicans i would say. so lets say bill clinton and the republicans screwed us 8 years ago. ebd of story....next!

Dissolve the GOP party and form a new party.
You guys are soo DONE !!!!
Haa Haa Haa
Hee Hee Hee
Look at yourselves you loosers. You deserved this.

I love how every election no one researches their canidate, and just goes with the media. The "Change" Obama is bringing to america isn't the change you voted for and hope for you fools

Obama won't have an easy time but it is better to have him at the helm than someone who could care less about the common man.

Also, I heard Palin will be the lead dog this year at the Iditarod race.

break it down to simple terms: people are happy again and will start spending money from top to bottom creating more jobs, sooo, you are way off

One law, or ***Amendment***, will get this country back on track:

DEFICITS ARE ILLEGAL

This pertains to budget as well as trade deficits.

WOW! I can't believe I live in the same great country as so many ignorant people.

If Obama wants to help create jobs, he can start by not shooting himself in the foot with higher taxes. You simply DO NOT raises taxes during a recession...that was one of the real causes of the Great Depression.

David, it's rather ungracious and irresponsible to attribute people's opposition to Obama to racism and prejudice. Everyone I know who voted for McCain like me, did it for reasons of national security and a sound economy.

Give the man a break. He has just run a remarkable campaign for almost two years, won a stunning victory last night and has given your country long needed hope and optimism. He also has been warmly welcomed on the world stage and will bring back the respect that has been lacking because of this last administration. Let him catch his breath, plan his transition teams, bury his Grandma in peace and enjoy his family for a few days. Don't worry. If he runs your country like he did his campaign, you are in good hands.

OBAMA WON'T CREATE JOBS.....HE'S CREATING MORE WELFARE!!!! "HE'S GONNA PAY MY GAS AND MY MORTGAGE. WE DO GOOD FOR HIM, HE'LL DO GOOD FOR US" .....THAT'S THE OBAMA VOTER MENTALITY.
THIS COUNTRY IS IN TROUBLE!!!!!
OUR ECONOMIC PROBLEMS STARTED TWO YEARS AGO WITH THE DEMOCRATIC RAN CONGRESS!!!! AS LONG AS THERE ARE THE LIKES OF HARRY REID & PELOSI IN WASHINGTON...OBAMA CAN'T EVEN SOLVE AMERICA'S PROBLEMS!
GOD BLESS THE USA!

I am shocked by the hypocritical nature of the "inclusive" Obama supporters. I did not vote this election because I could not stand either candidate. I have backed both parties in the past... but I cannot stand that the Democrats pledged "unity and inclusiveness" all campaign long and now are telling Republicans to go take a hike. I thought Obama was a President for "All Americans"...I guess I was wrong and I guess we will have 8 more years of partisan politics are usual, this time I will at least get to hear the media tell me that its a good thing.

I've noticed both here and in other comment sections that a number of people add something to the effect of "I dare you post this." If only it were that simple. CNN probably posts their vile comments simply to show how ridiculous, illiterate and prejudiced they are.

I am a proud Obama supporter, and I will leave you with this: It can't be any worse than these last 8 years. Give him a chance instead of deeming him incapable. Hasn't even been sworn in yet. Stop bickering and get on the train.

More and more jobs will go overseas when Mr. Obama starts taxing businesses in the U.S. My company utilizes employees outside of the U.S. because they are cheaper and in most cases, smarter. Get an education if you want a job. Don't rely on Obama who has No business or goverment managment experience...

By the way, if you want to stop the mortgage crisis, stop buying houses you cannot afford.

president obama and vice president biden, will get our economy back, but it will take time i'm thankful we have them both.

You want to fix the economy and bring back jobs???

Get rid of Clinton's disastrous NAFTA!

Take back China's Most Favored status, another Clinton mess up!

Better yet, learn from China...In order to do business in China, a company must enter a joint venture with the Chinese company retaining a majority stake. We should do the same...why not?

Some of you have very narrow views when it comes to world. Some are quit to blame the blacks or call president obama a lot names that is unnecessary. You should have learned last nigth that calloing him names and accussing him of rasing taxes and being a socialist doesn't work.. If any of you are making over 250K a year ys you need to pay more in taxes and no I dont feel sorry for you.. President Bush hoowinked america and John Mccain and Sarah Paulin would have been more of the same. Lest face it people Sarah was not qualified to be vice president . Bt maybe you guys should move to alaska and be a part of the giant welfare state she has created there..

Job creation? There's an immediate and quick fix....stop outsourcing American jobs NOW.....stop insourcing foreign workers whether they are legal or illegal immigrants.....put Americans to work and do it now! No more excuses. THAT is the change we need. AMericans first for once.

I am amazed at the sudden insistence on bipartisanship. This coming from the same people who reflexively blamed Bush first for ever ill that we as a nation encountered - including, (most astonishingly), the terrorist attacks of 9/11. I'm sorry to tell you this but you cannot punch someone in the face and then turn around and say let's be friends". You never gave Bush a chance in 2001 - called him 'illegitimate' and 'not my president' so don't exepct something different in return. Payback is coming whether you like it or not.

Obama won and that's all that matters. You can scream as much as you want it won't change the fact that CHANGE is here and the world as a whole, is going to benefit from it. Can you imagine the US achieving energy independance? Universal health care?

...." Its no easy thing to build a new world, gentlemen."......
Quote from one of our founding fathers.
Lets not forget that daunting task!

break it down to simple terms: people are happy again and will start spending money form top to bottom creating more jobs, sooo, you are way off

What's the problem with initiating the CIVILIAN SECURITY FORCE
OBAMA spoke about in July to serve as a major arm of government employment?

This title is so biased. He won the election, folks. He is our next president. President Obama. Get used to saying that!

Obama has the support of the people who elected him as the 44th President of the United States of America. We know what lies ahead and we trust his temperament, intelligence, and ability to critically analyze any difficult decisions which should arise. Bush and Co. have done enormous damage not only to our economy, but to our psyche as well. It will be refreshing to have someone talk to US instead of talking DOWN to US.
Obama/Biden 2008

Smart ..Yes. Socialist Leanings... Maybe. Buyer Remorse... Not Yet.

Can a nation be so desperate to elect a person whose values and persona remain a mystery and believe in a marketing plan that involved severe hazing beyond the pale...YES WE CAN.

Time will tell, I hope he is awesome.

I can't believe how caught up people are on taxes. For people making $250K or more, they will barely feel it. It's a lot better than me paying much less in taxes this year BECAUSE MY BUSINESS IS DYING!!!! Wake up you selfish idiots! The economy can't survive if no one pays their fair share. Obama's tax plan is very similar to Clinton's. Would you rather be living in Clinton's economy or this one? Dumb rednecks!!!

And the hate continues....

I see many republicans talking about "Taking back the nation", "Liberals", "The far left", look stop placing people in boxes. I am sick of it. The American people want home, jobs, education, fair wages, and a fair opportunity to compete in this global economy. Taking back what nation? America is not a possesion but a land of opportunity for everyone. Why don't you get it yet? The truth lies in the middle ground. Not on the far left and not on the far right. Concentrate on soultions of all people. Republicans have practice exclusion for so long, every word, every thought which it comes to this country exemplifies that. Try to find the most intelligent answer. Not the politically appropriate one. I pray in the near future my generation and subsequent generations finally put an end to this mess and learn to think outside of the box when it comes to dealing with Americans problems. And we will practice inclusion!!!

I did not vote for Obama for many different reasons and I like McCain but he is now my president and I will support him and pray he proves me wrong. Part of me wants him to be known as one of our greatest presidents so that my issues of race will go away.
So from this day foward he has my support until such time as he proves he doesn't deserve it. And just like with Bush, I didn't vote for him and still don't like him but when the Dixie Chicks went to another country and put my president down, I trashed all their CDs I owned and now turn the station if I hear them. I will give the same loyallty to Obama because he is my president now and I hope he proves to be as great as his supporters think he is.

obama will creat jobs with Biden all my trust is for them

It seemed to me that everything was going along ok until the democrats took over the house and then things began to go down hill from there. My 401K has had an increase until then. So if you want to blame someone you should blame the democrats. Better than that we should all pull together to make things better and stop pointing fingers. In addition to that RACE is taught to our children they are not naturally born to dislike race. I taught my child to like all types of people regardless of color and also regardless of looks and handicap. If we would treat all people has equals and learn to take care of ourselves then we would not need to blame any one else or to scream race or hate crimes when something happens.

VERY well said David.. can't we all at least give Obama an honest, heartfelt chance?

These forecasts of doom and gloom are self-fulfilling. Economies cannot grow without confidence in them. Screaming about how much more terrible things will be in six months only scares people and causes reflexive pullbacks. You want to talk about root causes of a downturn? Don't forget to include media saturation.

That will be one of President Obama's biggest task, turning this economy around. The real issue is America stop creating. America stopped being the inventor. Instead we became a nation of borrowers, a nation of self entitlelist. When over 70% of America lives beyond thier means, that i snot the governments fault, that is the individual's fault. So while prsident Obama is sorting through this mess, I hope he reminds Americans that more is not better and America has to cut out the excess and get back to modesty. Pay as you go as then Senator Obama stated beautifully. And lastly America, I was once told that there are a bunch of jobs out there, the problem is everybody wants a position. Go get a job. How do you think people, who don't speak one bit of English, travel thousands of miles to get in this ountry and make a living? They get a JOB and live within thier means.

karen-phoenix November 5th, 2008 2:13 pm ET

Some of you people who are very, very uneducated, go back and ready what it took after the crash of '29. History can help all of you understand the uphill battle Barack and Joe have taken on!!!! These two very educated and intelligent men are about the only ones that possible could get us out of this mess!!! God Bless them both and the World!!!
READ HISTORY!!!!
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Someone's been drinking too much kool-aid. Neither of these guys has any real-world experience creating jobs or running a company. Remember what they are – 2 lawyers, which sounds like the opening of many jokes. I just hope we can still laugh after they get through with us.

""Tax breaks should be given to hard working people. Not companies that make millions. They can afford that"

No, they can't. When companies get taxed more, it cuts into their budgets and profit margins that were promised to the share holders. This results in employees being laid off to offset the additional tax expense. Otherwise, they don't meet their profit forecasts resulting in a drop in stock value which leads to more issues."

bush gave handouts to the exxons of the world. bush significantly cut their taxes. bush followed the exact philosophy you defend. and, now bush has the honor of being the first president in a long time to preside over a net loss in jobs, presiding over one of the worst economic meltdowns this country has seen, and an overall stagnation of the economy. all that theory has done is concentrate this country's wealth in the top echelon of society, while the vast majority are barely scraping by. it amazes me how people continue to defend trickle down economics after 20 years of reagan/bushes has proved it wrong.

Honestly its not hate JC if he had morals and values then more power to him I'm just speaking the truth, and D Williams come on now nobody wants war but lets be real are we suppose to just sit back and let them do whatever they want to us and not have to answer for it, if we did that we would be in trouble as you and the rest of us will probably see, to bad it won't be out in the open for us to see in time to stop it, it will come from the inside (Obama) they always said they would destroy us from the inside out. Please wake up, but if you want to keep your blinders on you will eventually see I just hope its not to late for all of us.

Fact is that the economy is a snow ball effect. We have been losing manufacturing jobs since bush took office he dosent deny that! Matter of fact I think he is proud of it. Those people who argue against spreading wealth rnt worried about paying there light bill or there employees. They r worried they won't b able to expand their companies bc they have enough money left over after they buy a fourth house in arizona or another bmw 4 their 16 year old daughter! The american people have spoken and trickle down economics work with honest hard working americans its too bad that some greedy americans only invest in themselves! We r sick of wall street bail outs. Bail out companies that provide good paying jobs to hard working americans. Then we will get the economy going again like in 94-98 when had somebody who cared about a strong middle.

Obama will do for the United States the same as he did for Illinois.....
NOTHING since he was never there

oh here we go... making excuses for Obamas failure before he even starts..he is not nor will ever be my president...and that goes for about 30% to 40% of the country...

Are we really so out of touch, as a country, that we believe that the government is either the cause of or solution to all our problems? Do we really believe that a new inexperienced man can do the impossible when an experienced man could not? Changing drivers does not make a bumpy road any more smooth. I'm glad that Mr. Obama's supporters are all so very happy. It will be interesting to see how long they stay that way.

I think we have to realize that it is not time to sit back and watch what Obama does but to stand up and work also, reach out to those you may not agree with you and find compromise, volunteer, enlist, invent, create, and most importantly sacrifice...by that i mean give more of ourselves to eachother and our children...like our parents and grandparents before us. This is the nation that rebuilt from depression and triumphed over war and hate. It is our time to rise to that call..Obama and McCain's call.

American money and media buy a president, and Russia presents the stealth president elect with his first test!

Hillary blew her best chance!

Palin 2012 0r 2016! She is an authentic reformer and will be well prepared to be POTUS in either 4 or 8 years!

John – Bush had 8 years to get things right! I ain't sayin' he's a bad man – but he didn't do the country any favors either – maybe he wasn't the best qualified??? His time is up regardless – his popularity is way down (25%?) that doesn't cover just us Democrats and Independants does it.

Quit with the all of the hate.

American is about freedom and democracy and everyone who allows such garbage comes out of their mouths are a poor example of that freedom and democracy that you all seem to take for granted. Millions of people around the world do not have the rights or freedoms we enjoy.

Obama will do everything in his power to create a good climate for job creation. He asked that we the people also step up to the plate and go on this journey with him. He wants to end all that divides this nation and bring all her people together as the United States of America.

Disagree if you must but ask yourself if all of your negativity does anything to help this country move forward and dig out the mess we find ourselves in.

Does your hate, racism, and bigotry do anything positive for this country? No, not a thing. Such nonsense is a part of the past and that is where you should leave it.

Any job losses occurring today/tomorrow or this QTR have nothing to the do with outcome of the election. Those positions were already slated to be eliminated. Also, you have too remember that the current recession and job elimnation were all apart of the Republicans and Bush terms. I know Dems have been in control of Congress for 2 years, what's that compared to the first 6 which created this mess we're in.

Keep in mind, he did not say it would be easy, however, bashing ihim or being negative to him when he has taken the oath to be in office yet is a fruitless position. Now's the time to stop placing blame and disengaging and support our new President Elect Barack Obama.

John, you don't think a 2nd term was giving Bush the benefit of the doubt? Look where that got us.. all everyone is saying is give Obama a chance.. why are you and people like you 100% sure he will fail to make things better?

Listen People this country is in the middle of another supply side economics melt down. This has happened before and will again as long as we keep electing people who expect wealth that is spread to the top of the economic chain is going to turn around and boost the economy.

It happened with reagan and it happed with bush. I don't know if people were listening but small business who create jobs and employ a certain number of people will recieve a tax credit under Obama. And their workers and owners making under 250,000 will see no new taxes or a tax break. Also Capital Gains is an area that recieved a huge break under bush in the name of trickle down economics. Has it worked?

Now this is reality. I don't know what some peoples reality is but they certainly don't list any real details when blamming a person who not even been in office 24 hours. Plus non of these victims of Obama can list how it would have been better if McCain had been elected.

Garbage.

What an amazing day in American history! Dreams do come true! Did you all see how Oprah Winfrey revealed this week that she uses a vision board to visualize her goals and harness the power of intention? Oprah created a vision board, months ago, that emphasized Obama as president and the gown she intended to wear during his imagined inauguration.

For anybody who doesn’t know, a vision board is collage of image that symbolizes a desired outcome. By looking at these images daily and imagining these desired outcomes – like accomplishing a goal – your brain becomes more honed in to making this reality. Many top athletes, entrepreneurs, presidents, and philanthropists have used vision boards to help them accomplish their goals.

I know that on TheVisionBoardKit.com you can download a free chapter that includes the eight basic ingredients of a successful vision board.

Dana thank you.
You and other "white Americans" made this happen for all Americans
We black alone could have dont it.
America is a great place it time to come together and rebuild our world again.

A black in America

@John - the reason we're making excuses for Obama is because he hasn't even started the job yet! He can't be blamed for Bush's faults just because he's going to be next in line.

Even though I didn't vote for him, He is now my President and I would like nothing more than to say I was wrong about him. Only time will tell what his agenda is for us and Let's pray it is for the good of the USA.
I think that McCain did a wonderful concession speech and I also think Sarah Palin did a great job and hope to see more of her. For all you Obama people out there who puts down Sarah Palin why don't you follow your Leaders comments and unite instead of still trying to divide. You won, why still be so hateful.

obama is in a win-win situation, if things get worse, he can blame it on bush, if things get better, it was of course because hes sooooo gooddddd.

basically, he has a free first 4 years where whatever happens he's gonna have he'll these delusional voters believing his every word, just like what got him elected

All these nay sayers are pathetic. If you think Barack Obama is a socialist, you are way off! He is the change this country has needed for 8 years! George W Bush crippled this country into economic ruin and a needless war. Just look at the military votes that came in overseas. They were strongly in favor of Obama! They want change too and McCain would not deliver. Congrats Obama and lead this country into a bright future.

No one said that getting this country back on track will be easy. We have very serious problems to tackle. We need to work together, and expect our government to work together, to find solutions that are fair and that work. Stop the silly comments...the election is over already. Get on with creating the future you want for your children.

"Obama will struggle to create jobs"

Yeah, if you raise taxes on the very people who create the new jobs, I'd say you're likely to have a struggle on your hands, trying to create jobs out of the thin air.

Say good-bye to the GOP trickle down no regulation corruption...Obama has a plan and the vision to get it done

Tre' – I have advice for you in your hard times: Go back to school. Learn proper English. Speak like an adult and get a better paying job. The Government Republican or Democrat, does not owe you a thing. Be responsible for yourself and your family. And fyi: just because someone owns a business doesn't mean they are wealthy enough to take care of deadbeats.

patty L – - racist comments like yours are so "yesterday" get with the program and open your eyes – people are people – if you can't join the human race – just go drop out and be quiet.

Many of you talk about the lack of experience that Obama has and I would like to know how expericence has helped us in the las 8 years?

Those of you who keep bringing up the experience issue act as if the President of our country would make decisions without any consultation. The President will govern with a team of very qualified people that will decide on issues from national security to the economy.

It will not be easy and it will not come overnight. I hope people don't expect that, simply because someone new occupies the White House, this will magically change.
Success in the short term needs to be gauged based on the policies he is able to put in place and the legislation he is able to get through Congress.

Heres how you can create jobs Mr.Obama:

STOP sending jobs to INDIA!!! I am in the IT field and as an american it really upsets me looking at the shape of the IT industry.

I do contract work and recently (TWICE) I was let go and replaced by an indian consultant who was brought in on work visa. This is getting ridiculous! We should STOP corporations from making deals with Indian Consulting companies! We've had it!

Think about it! Thousands and thousands of OUR jobs are being given to Indian Consultants to save money!!

Offshore and on-shore jobs given out to NON-US Citizens/Perm Residents should be completely STOPPED!!

No one has any idea what really is in store for us. Obama made the best case for change and unity. If you can't give him the chance he has earned please move to Canada or Europe where the politics are more conservative. You told those voting for Kerry in 2004 to do the same even when we correctionly envisioned the fails of the Bush Administration.

The Republicans are not entirely to blame for the messed up economy. You can also blame the creators of Fannie Mae and Freddy Mac (Obama was on the Board for those and received the second highest amount of money) during the Clinton Administration(D) and don't forget the fact that the democrats took over two years ago. This economy has been coming for a long time and it's not just the Republicans fault.

Republicans are so uninformed it is scary. the lies they spew here makes me happy that their hatred has been defeated soundly and publicly.

Boo-hoo. Why don't you right-wing dummies take McCain, move to Alaska, implement the McBush/Palin policies, and live happily ever after far away from the rest of us.

Lesson from yesterday: American people are much smarter than they were 8 years ago. No more uneducated "regular Joes" in the White House.

It's a beautiful day in Chicago!

On the Neil Cuvota show last night a woman said she voted for Obama and now she won't have to pay her mortgage anymore and will be getting a monthly check from the government. This is probably what all the Obama voters think!

You are a hater just get over it YOU LOSER..............

your all worried about Obama's Taxs..yet your all forgetting the mess that Bush has made to the U.S.A and Canada..Remember your not the only country in trouble..whatever happens in your country affects mine as well..I can not believe your country stood for 8 yrs of BUSH.

Whether Obama/Biden keep their promises or not is not important to me. What is important is that fact that Obama is a critical thinker and he will discuss with his advisors , analyze information, get facts before making decisions.

Its time we got a President who the world can view as intelligent. Intelligent people make intelligent decisions most of the times. That is better than making wrong decisions all the time.

Finally his consultative approach to problem solving trumps "I am the decider"

I agree he may have a flaw here and there or make mistakes. But boy I guarantee you they will not be anywhere close to a wrong war, broken economy, lost jobs, mortgage crisis etc.

Be glad that someone intelligent is in office to help fix that before we are at 20% unemployment at the rate we are going.

Barack Obama = Jimmy Carter 2.0

Yeah, I said it.. what?

We are doomed!

Wow, Patty. That's an incredible amount of hate you just spewed. I can't believe I share the same country as someone like you. That makes me sad.

Jobs have been lost because they have gone overseas and because of slowdowns in the economy. Frankly there has been far to much greed in corporate America trying to squeeze every penny into huge profits. If they could figure out that moderation would benefit everybody maybe we could get somewhere.

Government can not create jobs!!!
They only create bureaucracy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And, of course, big business is in the pockets of the GOP, so expect them to "fully cooperate" in creating new jobs in order to enhance Obama's chances of re-election in 2012! In order to regain the White House, it wouldn't surprise me if they trash the economy further in order to get the White House back, and if Karl Rove begins to emerge in two years, then you can fear his tactics along with big business, too!!!

Losing jobs, darkening economy due to unreasonable and unfair tax hikes, rediculous fairy tales about "universal health care," abandoning our commitments overseas, take what I have earned and give it away as a tax rebate to those who pay no taxes to begin with, putting someone in the whitehouse who has never worked a day in his life.

Now, that is change we can believe in.

I really just don't understand why white people got too be so hateful, Why do you always think it got to be about you, well it's not it's about everyone. Yes i am an AA and proud of it. Haven't you had enough of acting ugly ,get over it it's our time to shine . You all know good and well we've been working towards this kind of change for centuries. Can't we all just get along. I don't hate white people my heart want let me. But i can tell you this. (SAY IT LOUD WERE BLACK AND WERE PROUD)FIGHT THE POWER.

At least he has the experience to spell experience correctly.

Hey Mike in Cleveland, and all the others who think this finanacial fallout started a couple of months ago....have you been living under a rock??? This has been coming for some time now and I personally dont think we have seen the worst of it yet. That being said, what does everyone think it is going to cost us in order to build all these jobs?? I believe the figure had McCain won nation defict would have been 17 trillion, and with Obama its going to be 10 trillion....Who is going to pay for that?? Our grandchildrens grandchildren

I hope he can find me a job.My parents just kicked me out of the cellar and my job as a Rush Limbaugh hate blogger seems over.

To: Patty L
You are wrong to criticize president elect Obama, cause anyone can see the worst mistake america made was putting George Bush in office! So don't let your emotions get the best of you casue america is changing for the best not the worst. Please tell all your conservative republicans to get with the times. Never fault black people for voting for barack obama cause black people did not win him the election alot white people won him the election...

Is everyone in this country asleep?? I've just lost my of 28 years in September......whose going to find me another job? I am appalled at this country to vote someoe in with literally no experience whatsoever. The economy is a major issue here and Obama is not the one to fix it. Maybe all of you will look back in the next four years and say I wish I hadn't voted for that man............

Please....you people are already making excuses for Obama. You....the same people wou wouldn't give Bush the benefit of the doubt and blamed him for everything under the sun. Hipocrits. You got what you wanted. Let's see what Mister hype can do.

Shara,

CNN is an excellent informative network if you did no like what you heard on cnn last night, my advise to use is to watch Fox News.

the president of the united states role does not include creating jobs...please????

Patty L, You don't think the war was the biggest mistake in American history?

8 years of worng decisions...people have given a chance 2 Obama. Lets see what he does...the catch ...he has to prove in 4 years..else..the same current hype of a black man becomming a persident will turn otherwise...

"Tax breaks should be given to hard working people. Not companies that make millions. They can afford that"

No, they can't. When companies get taxed more, it cuts into their budgets and profit margins that were promised to the share holders. This results in employees being laid off to offset the additional tax expense. Otherwise, they don't meet their profit forecasts resulting in a drop in stock value which leads to more issues.

I really cannot believe how bitter some people that call themselves Americans can be. This "If it's not my candidate let America crash so I can say I told you so" attitude is despicable. Grow Up!

it wont happen overnite but it will! we have to undo 8 years of bad policies and leadership!! i think he has the vision and heart to make it happen!

god speed obama

To "Ms. Jenny" and others,

It's not a knee-jerk reaction, it's what needs to be done to operate a functioning business. When you are in charge of the welfare of other people, that is the day you should be critical. They are not just workers to me, they are family!

But I guess you don't understand that in you clouded world of "change".

It looks like congratualtions are in order:

1. First...congratualtions President-elect Barack Obama.
2. Congratualtions to Sen. John Mccain...you are a hero.
3. Congratulations to the main stream media (cnn msnbc cbs abc)....you have finally through your propoganda and bias elected the candidate you wished to lead. Yes, you are risking millions of lives by serving your own self interest...but who cares about that.
4. Finally, congratulations to Osama Bin Laden. In a mere 8 years, your war against a 200 year old institution known as capatilism has been won. Well, really, the american people surrendered. I don't know if you are still alive or where you are, but what can you say, you were right...us Americans have no resolve to fight.

Patty L first off stop the run on sentences, very hard to read...

The first mistake was voting in GWB and the second mistake was voting him in for the second time. John McCain can take a walk to the white house and personally thank his dear friend for his loss.
Also did anyone notice this:
NO major problems last night...
The person that won the electoral count also won popular vote...
Exit polls from the day were correct...
AND we knew at 11:00 pm who the president was...
Funny how the last 2 elections were loaded with problems, makes you wonder.

I want to comment to Lee. no matter if he is 1/2 whatever the situation at hand is on one day we but our differences aside and finally came together as the constitution describes. I believe it does not take expperience to care for your neighbor it takes heart. I believe in him not because he's black but because he cares lastley if you look around how many people in high position has either created jobs or had the experience. Lets be real no one will ever be experienced enough it takes your heart and mind to make the correct choice and let be real only 13% of the african american population voted other races of people voted for him also I dont know to many blacks that live in rural Iowa be real wake up dont wait to see what he will do he only insuring he will be ready to make sure thier is no road blocks

it wont happen overnite but it will! we have to undo 8 years of bad policies and leadership!! i think he has the vision and heart to make it happen!

god speed obama

Unfortunately, I don't think there's a quick fix to the jobs issues.

1) We need the economy to start running forward again.
2) We need American business to quit shipping jobs overseas to save a buck (talk about un-patriotic).
3) We need the alternative fuel industry to get off the launching pad.

This is a sad time for the US.

We now have an inexperianced 1/2 White, 1/2 Black man in the most important role of our nation.

I cannot understand why everyone is so quick to say he is African American. He is equal parts of black and white. His white mother stood by him, hisblack father did not.

Its not the color of his skin that I am upset with, but his lack of experiance.

However the black population sees it differently.

"Tax breaks should be given to hard working people. Not companies that make millions. They can afford that"

No, they can't. When companies get taxed more, it cuts into their budgets and profit margins that were promised to the share holders. This results in employees being laid off to offset the additional tax expense. Otherwise, they don't meet their profit forecasts resulting in a drop in stock value which leads to more issues.

Please....you people are already making excuses for Obama. You....the same people wou wouldn't give Bush the benefit of the doubt and blamed him for everything under the sun. Hipocrits. You got what you wanted. Let's see what Mister hype can do.

HAS ANY ONE HEARD FROM TEXAS TRAIL DOG? WHERE ARE YOU? OOHHH IS THIS WIN FOR OBAMA TOO MUCH FOR YOU? JUST ONE THING – OBAMA IS YOUR PRESIDENT TOO. HA HA HA!!!!

@Lee in Illinois says....

I cannot understand why everyone is so quick to say he is African American. "

Let's do the math, father was an African (a real one..you know, from Kenya) His mother was an American (a real one, you know, from Kansas, home of Dorthy and Toto)

Add that up, African + American. Actually he's more of an "African-American" than nearly anyone I know claiming that title. Let's just say he's 'authentic'.

Simple enough?

I havent visited Alaska, but I will now because I want to see how beautiful it is. I want to see people applaud Sara for being who she is and for being a real deal politician. A politician who I hope will hold her head up high after the chop job she got from the liberal news media who never told the truth, never told the complete story and never told Amercians what they might have needed to know to inform them which would have allowed them an independent opinion which might have have saved this country from being washed down the tubes. Oh well, only 4 yrs of loss if WWIII doesnt begin in the meantime. Im hopeful though today, this Obama win will give the Republican party time to finally rebuild enough to take back this nation. After we do in 4 years, I predict you wont have a Democrat in any office anywhere for 20 years.

TJ says it's not time to point fingers, but then that's exactly what he does. TJ, what Bush policy exactly led to this economic crisis? I hear you Obama androids keep saying that but you never identify which policy it is. If you actually studied the causes of our currently financial crisis, you'd know it was the Democrats who block reform of government institutions like Fannie and Freddie, helping bring on this crisis. And it was Bush who tried to reform the system at least five years ago. Democrats, including Obama, stopped reform and therefore they bear most of the blame, not Bush and certainly not McCain. The truth does matter!

Wow "Lee in Illinois" – you wondered if CNN would post your comment. I am glad they did, merely for your term "inexperianced".

Our "experienced" politicians have gotten us, as citizens, into a big mess. I welcome the opportunity for a fresh face and new ideas to our country.

Lee – you also reference the "black population". I am a white person that voted for our newly elected president.

Tony, NC November 5th, 2008 2:01 pm ET The senior writer for Money Magazine is recommending that we all sell our stocks that are not in a retirement account before the end of the year. Otherwise be hit by Obama's increase in capital gains next year. It's going to be a long year…

Of course the senior writer would recommend that, because short term that might put you in the best situation, not knowing what the future may bring (risk mitigation). Obama's plan is a STRATEGY -giving up short term gains for long term success. So you can look at it two ways: take your money out now, when the stock market is rock bottom, and only pay 15% tax. Or wait until Clinton Economics are back in play, your stock goes back up th 60% it has lost, but then pay 30% tax. I think you are better off in the second scenario.

Carlos,

We've endured 8 years of chaos, disaster and more under the Bush administration. Give Obama a chance, he represents hope, the hope that Bush took away. It's time for change!!!

Lee in Illinois – with all the experience that Bush had, take a hard look at this nation's situation. Obama is your new president -live with it!!!

Karen, you go back and get educated as a teacher always proofread especially when referring to "you people".

Your hatred and pathetic thinking amazes me, you all obviously can't think out of your own needs. Obama is POWER remember his name because he will change the world and as for you negative dorks you will go with it wether you want to or NOT.

I can't wait for 2012. Conservatives Unite!

Obama Supporters,

Congratulations on your candidate's victory last evening.

But you know something? There's such a thing as poor winners as well. This blog makes that blatently obvious.

The Liberal party is over.Let the taxes begin.

Lee in Illinois, if skin color is not a factor, then why bring it up.. and far as I know, if you are a percentage black, on most census forms, you are considered black. Can't any of you short-sighted people realize this shows the world how much we as a country have grown? The status quo has killed the economy, why not give something/someone new a chance.. what we have hasn't worked.. I don't care how hard you naysayers campaign that its not about race.. thats all it could be about.. give the man a chance, and if he can't make a change, then in four years, we give someone else a shot. But he can't make things any worse.

From this point forward, all the bad things in the world that happen are officially Obama's fault! What goes around comes around. It will be very difficult for him to ever run for office again with a true negative track record, no accomplishiments and the inability to lie about his future actions.

I will say this, if it can be done President Elect Obama will do it. I don't want to get put in moderation , but I will say it anyway to the negative people who are posting – give President Elect Obama a chance, President Bush was given 8 years and the other before him were given a chance.

RealityKing: what your detractors on this message board FAIL to comprehend, is that SMALL BUSINESS generates the majority of jobs in this country!!! I sware, the idiots are out in force this year, from electing Obama bin Biden to acting stupid on this chat board.

I had a hiring freeze put in place last week for my company. It was right about the time that I realized that McCain wasn't going to win. I'm hoping he doen't tax us too much. I don't want to lay anybody off!

He will struggle with a lot of things on his agenda that the people will not go for. He should know where he can go with his carbon tax.

Well...you get what you ask for. This election painted the scenario of the economic downturn being solely the result of a Republican administration. While the Repubs are no gems, it seems the Obama Changelings have failed to grasp (or chosen to ignore) the extent to which the Democrats were in on this mess. I guess controlling both the senate and house as well as heading the key committees that oversee banking and finance is irrelevant as are sweetheart Countrywide loans and support fot Fannie and Freddie.

It would seem that at some point during his two year hiatus from the senate, Mr. Obama may have taken the opportunity to address these issues that everyone claims to have foreseen. Now we'll finally get the chance to see what he's made of (unless there's yet a better job calling than president which will have him again abandon his elected post)

That seems a bit premature to put a hiring freeze on a small company because of who was elected last night. Obama hasn't changed any taxes in one day. Maybe there is another reason for the feeze, like Bush and the crap he turned the economy into.

It will be a hard time since the repubs hold enough of the senate to continue doing filibusters like they have done the last 2 years. I think we will be lucky if President-elect Obama can get half of what he wants done.

Have any of you stopped to think how you are affecting anything? You are not. I am an Obama supporter, but I was first leaning to the conservative side. Obama is not a Marxist nor is he going to try to place all the white people in bondage. Obscurely racist views are such a pull to the past. If that is where you are living, know this, you will fade as does time. Give heed to a new dawning. Let you minds be enlightened and so will your lives be enriched. Obama is seen as a Messiah, and far from it is he. He is but an agent of change, change that we need to at least start. Obama is not just a Black man he is also White. He can not hate one race without finding fault within himself. So is it for you. If you can say he is less of a man or American because he is Black, remember he is also White. Do not make yourselves out to be fools bickering back and forth. It is a waste of time. We should be working together to get something done. If you would use your energy to be a force in the productive workings of this nation, and not the tearing down, we would already be in a much better place. If we keep this meaningless divide we will never be the best this nation can be.

Everyone be blessed,
may God watch over and
lead this country into a better day.

-Andre B.

My job at a major bank was eliminated last week. If I had not been for Obama before, I would have been on election day!.

Mike... guess you need learn to read.
RealityKing clearly stated this decision was NOT a result of the current economy.

I own a small company. I am not going to stop hiring. With the cuts and exemptions coming under the Obama presidency we will be fine. If we can get past the arguing over what we speculate will happen we can actually help to turn this economy around. The first step is getting the housing market back on track. Prices of homes had been inflated over the past few years. We need to bring them back into perspective and renegotiate with owners a new mortgage and interest rate. Once this is in process we can move forward in the energy sector finding new energy sources and exploiting those already at our disposal. The job markets will stabilize if and when we take the scare tactics out of the picture.

-Andre

"We now have an inexperianced 1/2 White, 1/2 Black man in the most important role of our nation.
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Its not the color of his skin that I am upset with, but his lack of experiance.

Then why did you bring it up in your first sentence? Moron....

Lee – It isn't just the black population that sees the opposite of your views. It is the Latino voter, the female vote, the Jewish voter and me, a white male voter. This country is no longer defined by our history but rather by our future and as a 31 year old male with a wife, a mortgage and two young children, I could not be happier.

I am REALLY trying to NOT buy into the right wing hysteria. It does scare me that my lazy musician friends who live with their mommies have NEVER seemed so happy. I am REALLY hoping that people who work hard will not be punished. You should be ashamed of yourself if you hope Obama fails. You must admit that it IS kind of cool, now that we've elected our first bi-racial president, it opens the door to the possibility of America someday in the future electing it's first black president. Don't openly (or secretly) hope for him to fail. It's been a long boring process, it's nice that we can FINALLY move on to something else.

PDX: this "mess" you mentioned didn't start a couple of months ago. It started years ago when those in Congress, mostly Democrats, refused to tighten regulations on Fannie and Freddie, leading to the collapse of the mortgage and credit markets. it doesn't have anything to do with Bush; in fact, he tried to reform them beginning in 2003 and the Democrats fought him tooth and nail. Mr. Obama took $123,000 in Fannie and Freddie lobbyist money and did nothing to reform them. The man is a serial liar.

When you don't even know the cause of the crisis and whose fault it really is, please don't write stupid comments on this blog. You just look ignorant.

Well people you fooled me I honestly did'nt think there were that many blind and gullible people in the world, the blacks being the worst they only voted him in to make history, so in 20 years from now I hope your proud to tell your children and grandchildren that you helped created the biggest mistake ever in America. Now that will be what is remembered about Obama and will go down in history.

To al the right wing – Obama haters go blog on Fox where someone actually cares and will be interested in what you have to say. By the way where was your friend Sean Hannity last night? I can't believe such an important day and he missed it. Oh I know, he would have to tell the whole world that his big mouth did nothing to help John and Sarah.

A great day for America – Congratulations Obama & Biden

In your situation people can only blame the owners and not Barak Obama. The owners are the one who has put on the hiring freeze, without giving the President-elect so much as a chance. There is a reason Barak Obama won the election. Personally, I did vote for him but it was only after reviewing his policies and plans and deciding that he someone America desperately needs. Don't cut off your nose to spite your face.

job losses are not Obama's fault it is the failed policy of Bush, but it is time for us all to come together and to work as a nation.
We all need to get over the partisanship that has divided this country.
just like another president that came from ill...we need a uniter..and someoen to lead us in these dark times.
It is incumbant on all of us to work together...only then can we overcome the bad things that are happening and will happen in time as this all works itself out. it is not up to whomever is President to make this happen it is up to us, the citizens to take reponsiblitly and work together.

This mess is all the Republican's fault. Having said that, this is not necessarily time for us to point fingers. That will come later. For now, we need to be about the business of creating jobs and fighting our way out of this financial crisis. It is time for people of all parties, Democrat, Republican, Green and Independent, to work together to make this country great and prosperous once more. People, America is hurting. Only we can heal her wounds. Bickering and finger-pointing, though tempting, is not what the country needs right now. It needs all of us, working together towards a common goal.

"My small company of 35 employees put a freeze on hiring today. A direct response to Obama's win costing us more in tax dollars, not due to the current state of the economy…"
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No, that's a "direct response" to your own ignorance and overreaction. Maybe you should talk to your accountant before making knee-jerk decisions based on something that hasn't even happened yet (namely, tax adjustments). Not to mention, if you're concern is new hires, then you also need to consider the tax credit that you will receive under Obama's plan for each new job you create.

Tony in NC ,
President elect Obama already said he's not raising the capital gains tax. How about you post a source for that article. Any Money editor who would tell you to sell your "money making" stocks to keep from paying taxes is worth reading. If you make money on your stock and pay the 35% tax on the gains you still make money. That which you wrote defies logic. More the sky is falling from Republicans.

Then, "RealityKing", you must be a poor business man. If your company is neting more that 250K, why would you stop hiring if you actually need the employees? Even with a tax increase, you are still making a significant profit for a samll business.

Goodness, people need to get a grip.

Bush has done more damage to this country than ever before in history. You people are just looking for any excuse. Gosh, I guess McCain and Palin's message of fear will be hanging onto you for a while.

Thank goodness McCain didn't get elected, he would have definately finished the mess Bush started. And thank goodness I never paid attention to them, because once I heard the bashing and the negitive messages, I knew that their followers would fall victim to McCain and Palin's dark and hopeless images.

At least we now have a 'smart and intelligent' person making critical decisions that will shape-up things in this country.

USA just went to the far socialist left. In his acceptance speech, did you see all the lemming liberals with glazed over eyes when Obama talked about traditional American themes like duty, sacrifice, and working hard? Does anyone actually think Obama the New Black Messiah will keep his campaign promises that he sold all of you druids on? If he broke his promise about campaign financing, what in his past or in his character is there to prove he'll do otherwise with other major issues? How can you believe what he says he'll do when his record proves he failed to vote so many times on so many issues, and is beholden to his corrupt Chicago cronies? Why do you think he has just drop shipped Rahm Emmanuel in as Chief of Staff? You liberal druids will get exactly what you deserve: a new world order president who will destroy American values, decrease our security with a weakened military, and soak the rich and kill productivity and capitalism. This is the beginning of a dark, dark era, not just in skin color.

For those who are trying to lay blame (which isn't very constructive in solving the problem by the way) visit the Youtube video of the floor of Congress in 2004 when the Republicans were begging for stiffer oversight committees and were told they were racists for even suggesting such. Even SNL got it right.

RealityKing, give me a break. Obama was just elected. He does not yet have the power to change tax policies. He has to propose the bill first, then the senate has to approve it, and then finally the house.

The economy is in a very bad state. That's more likely the reason for the hiring freeze.

RealityKing November 5th, 2008 1:56 pm ET

My small company of 35 employees put a freeze on hiring today. A direct response to Obama's win costing us more in tax dollars, not due to the current state of the economy…

I am certainly glad that I do not run my small business based on speculation........Let's give him a chance and see where this goes......to take action now on what you think Obama might do..........Sounds like a "half empty type"

Mike,

Reality King clearly said it wasn't due to the economy, but the more taxes he will face.

Talk about a sore winner, there are still those who are doing well that WILL do worse under Obama because they fall into a bracket that will be TAXED for their success.

Tony ... please, be sensible. If you make less than 250K, your taxes, including the capital gain will NOT go up.

As a small (3 employees) business owner, I've calculated that my taxes should now be going down, and I'm already seeing a minor spike in sales. I expect to do a lot better than if McCain had won.

This is a sad time for the US.

We now have an inexperianced 1/2 White, 1/2 Black man in the most important role of our nation.

I cannot understand why everyone is so quick to say he is African American. He is equal parts of black and white. His white mother stood by him, hisblack father did not.

Its not the color of his skin that I am upset with, but his lack of experiance.

However the black population sees it differently.

Lets see if CNN being the bias news network that it is, will post this comment !!!!!

Some of you people who are very, very uneducated, go back and ready what it took after the crash of '29. History can help all of you understand the uphill battle Barack and Joe have taken on!!!! These two very educated and intelligent men are about the only ones that possible could get us out of this mess!!! God Bless them both and the World!!!
READ HISTORY!!!!

How can Obama have caused a hiring freeze three months before he is even inaugurated, and on top of the the Bush cuts will be in place until 2010. I'm calling you on your B.S. Your job may be on a hiring freeze but you are lying about why.

I don't think Obama realize how hard it is to create job. But i do think it is more easy to lose thousand of job. Next year will be the worse of it all. Obama will struggle with it along the way. People will began to see that what Obama has promise will not come easy. People will than know that Obama was all talk and a dream that will not come true. Good luck to all those Obama voter. Enjoy your 4 years of chaos and disaster.

RealityKing November 5th, 2008 1:56 pm ET

My small company of 35 employees put a freeze on hiring today. A direct response to Obama's win costing us more in tax dollars, not due to the current state of the economy…

bull sheet

Reality King, when your small company starts to bring in more net profits to due to the releif and increase of consumer spending Obama is looking to achieve. Your 35 employee based company will be able to afford to bring on more people. The economy is shambels right now and Obama's tax hasn't even been implemented, so don't blame your company's hiring freeze on Obama.

To Tony

Cant you all put Country First and donate your money to taxes? If I was rich, and America needs my taxes, I will pay to make America a STRONG country. ( I tithe 10% to 15% to church faithfully, knowing it will add value. It's painful but it is the right thing to do)

It's sad people are afraid to pay taxes.

RealtyKing–so you want us to feel sorry for you? Sorry but I do not. I am trying to figure out how to pay the light bill, I bet the owner of your small company does not have that problem.

Once Obama is in office, your small company will receive tax
breaks that you would not have gotten under McCain, It's time for you to understand that McCain lied to you. As long as your company makes under $250,000 per year, you will get tax breaks.

Shocker....Glad I worked 15 years to build wealth so I can now spread it around to those that sat and chose to do nothing.......ain't America great?

RealityKing. Please tell us how Pres.elect Obama's win costed you anything, yet.

So, your company, without any details of what a new tax plan will be, put on a hiring freeze?? I think RealityKing that your company was in the process of doing that anyway.. decisions like that are not made over night.

RealityKing, so sad that your likely imaginary company could not consider paying their CEO's 30 times the worker's wages instead of 400 times their wages.
BTW- fear still isn't working. But I guess you didn't happen to see a world full of celebration on TV in the past few hours.

Welcome to your world of insignificance.

No matter who won this election it would be the same regarding the job and economic situation. You guys are crying even before Bush shuts the door on his Presidency! whats up with that. Suck it up – we have for all these 8 years.

Don't be blinded CNN Political Team. Yoiu all wear Halloween masks. I used to watch your network till you all went too far to the left. Just wait a few more months and see if you all rave over this man as you did last night.

Tony, NC November 5th, 2008 2:01 pm ET

The senior writer for Money Magazine is recommending that we all sell our stocks that are not in a retirement account before the end of the year. Otherwise be hit by Obama's increase in capital gains next year. It's going to be a long year…
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Can you say "Bill Clinton"? Obama is simply going to put things back the way they were under Clinton. You remember, when we had a balanced budget?

You probably don't remember because Bush made you forget.

Nay sayers are already at it!!! We can't create jobs overnite .... It's going to take some time, but it will happen.

RealityKing .... your company is using a wrong excuse to not to hire. Obama's tax policies will not go into effect for at least another year ... Taxes depend on the 'profit' your company makes. I'm not sure a slight increase in 'taxes' on 'profit' would affect hiring.

Obama will create jobs by waving his magic "Change" wand.

duh, you Republicans don't know he can do that?

People thought it was bad the past 8 yrs...prepare now for a new and more turbulent downward spiral

He will handle it with a calm and steady hand, and America will prevail.

Selling stock in a recession, hey that is great now I can pick them up real cheap and reap the profits when economy picks up in few years, thanks for the heads up Tony, NC

I don't got a job now cause of bush's economy. I'm about to loose my home. I ain't got no money to put gas in my car. When is obama gonna give me the income tax back so I can afford to feed my kids? I hope he makes it backwards so I can get money for the hard times now. I am so happy he's in office.

Well, I'm sorry you feel that you need hold jobs back. There is no reason people like you or anyone else who makes more money should not have to pay more.. I make 28,000 a years and im taxed on almost 24% of my check. because companies like you think you deserve some break. Tax breaks should be given to hard working people. Not companies that make millions. They can afford that, now maybe you arent making millions, but your also not hurting either, and if you are hurtin maybe you should think about future regardless of who is pres.

He could provide funding for ACORN so they could hire thousands of people to register voters for 2012. You're for creating jobs, aren't you? What about his "civilian police force"; there are hundreds of thousands of jobs in that.

He certainly has a challenge ahead of him. I, however, think he is intelligent enough to succeed. That success willl not be evident immediately but in the years to come.

If you did freeze hiring your not that smart the man hasnt even taken office yet. None of you Republicans have a clue whats going to happen. So stop trying to bring the guy down just because McCain lost. Get a clue!

Oh, come on! Obama will save America.

In fact, I'll agree with Charlie Rangel- Obama will save the world!

did i mention mr. Rangel is in charge of writing the tax laws, yet failed to properly file his taxes?

Where was Obama on that?

Its going to be a great 4 years.

my employer has a had a hiring freeze for over a year thanks in part to the bush adminstrations failures. also there will be an estimated 700 lay-offs in the coming months. i personally have been laid off twice in the past eight years, again thanks to george bush. i applaud the end of his reign of terror.

Ridiculous. What kind of incompetent business person would make a decision like cutting jobs in response to hypothetical tax increases under a new administration that doesn't even take office till January? And how long after that would tthese supposed tax increases take to go into effect? And then a whole fiscal year before you had to pay? Good grief. Get a grip, Chicken Little. I own my own successful business and look forward to being able to provide my employees with the benefits they need. It's called "enlightened self-interest". Something we've been short on lately.

RealityKing

This is not a result of Obama's win, these economic problems started several months ago, so get over your hatred/partisanship. We still need bipartisanship to move this country forward and you don't help the situation.

Such a MESS to clean up!! It will be many moons and many changes before I trust another republican.

The reason we have lost so many jobs is that they were outsourced. Entire towns have become virtual ghost towns because of this.

We can't get those jobs back, so we will need new manufacturing jobs. Hopefully he can do this with "green collar" jobs. I don't know if it will work, but I'm willing to give him a chance.

You have to start somewhere and what we were doing was not working. We have nowhere to go but up.

At first I was totally against Obama being our president. For the simple, obvious reasons... But now, regardless of his race or whatever, I have forced myself to believe he WILL actually help America and bring us all together as a country. Lowering taxes sounds all fine and great; but I think there's more things to be done first... As in fuel prices, jobs, homes, schools, etc. I just hope he holds to his "promises"!

I heard today that our company is going to layoff people next week. I don't know if it has anything to do with the Election, but my company is not partisan and maybe just views that the economy is going to get worse and not better.

It took more than one day to lose all of these jobs. It's going to take more than one day to create them. Patience is a virture.

Bush seemed to have no problem shedding jobs, Obama is just looking at this wrong.

You cant blame Obama for Bush's mess.

In my company no raises and/or bonuses..

In my small company no raises and bonuses as direct win of Obama.

I guess we can all sit back and see just how much he can do.

I keep hearing all the dems in my office say how having Obama will change the economy and fix America. I don't see that happening. The Democrats have had control of the Congress for the last 2 years and look at where we are now. The bottom line is big business owns American politics, and has for some time. With a few minor changes it's going to be business as usual.

When the unemployment rate hits 7%, next year.., we will know that Obama has completely failed to act on his campaign promises..

I am so happy that Obama/ Biden won last. I feel so full of pride that our country was smart enough as a whole to do the right thing by making Obama the president. It is time for change. As he said himself, it has been a long time coming. We as people need to work together so that he can be a successful leader for our country. I am so proud to be an american today. We have a long way to, but " yes we can!!!!" It's not a about race anymore, it should have never been about race, that's so petty. I live in Texas, and racism still exists very strong here, and I hope that one day that will change. It's senseless... Congrats to Obama/ Biden. I am so proud of the both of you!!!! God Bless You!!!

President Obama has the nicest ring to it!

If he fulfills what he said about a renewable energy economy then he will create jobs, rebound the economy, lower the trade deficit, and improve national/world security in one fell swoop!!! I was a loyal Obama supporter, and yes he got my vote, but we all need to keep reminding him that we elected him to get things done. I am hopeful he is a good man, but also fear he may be another gifted empty politician. Time will tell, and until it does ....

GO OBAMA 2012!!!!!

Socialism always has had a way of tamping out job creation. See Europe..

To RealityKing

But if the economy grows, wouldnt you have more customers, therefore you can afford to pay your taxes?

Making excuses for his lack of experience and failed policy already. Obama will be remembered as great campaigner without the ability to make any positve change.

The senior writer for Money Magazine is recommending that we all sell our stocks that are not in a retirement account before the end of the year. Otherwise be hit by Obama's increase in capital gains next year. It's going to be a long year...

Yeah, the ELEPHANTS poisoned the WELL with greed, and corruption and stuffed TRILLIONS of debts down it.

He must SWIFTLY, and AGGRESSIVELY move to FIGHT it. It is not a task for the faint-hearted.

To save America, Obama must AGGRESSIVELY move. He must show up stamping policies left and right and KNOW what he needs to do IMMEDIATELY... Yeah, hit the gROUND running..

He should have picked Hillary for VP

The fact is that neither the President, nor Congress, creates jobs (or destroys them) – unless we're talking about government jobs. The kind of jobs that will provide real long-term benefit are those created by the private sector. Raising corporate taxes will not help in this effort

I am very excited to see how Obama takes care of us. I've heard numerous people in my area (Detroit) saying how happy they are that they no longer have to work, pay bills or their mortgages. I can't wait for that either..

Remember – when the government pays YOUR way, they also get to tell you how to live.

Have Hope! As a united country with a new leader, we have the opportunity to move forward and fix this mess. America will prosper once again! Whether you voted for Obama or not, it is time to pull together for the sake of our country.

Okay, to all of "us" non-Obama supporters, it's not President Obama, it's simply "Barry."

Struggle is right tax away Obama and you will see more Am. jobs go bye bye overseas.

OPPS reality is setting in.

people have to be trained for the jobs of the future !!!!!!!! president obama knows that !!!!!!!!!!!!

Nahhhh... Obama promised us everything (jimmy carter) and got elected because of it. I'm sure he'll deliver. And only the rich will have to pay for it. Perfect!

I have been at a company here in Chicago for ten years and have survived 5 rounds of layoffs during that time. Frankly I'm scared to death about what is probably coming when Qtr2 results come in and probably won't survive this round of cuts.

it wouldnt matter if you put a girl scout in the presidents seat right now.....a major depression is coming....and we have no one to blame but our greedy live beyond our means thinking......pretty soon, china will have its call centers here...paying people 5 bucks an hour.....

Cleaning up the Bush mess and the first 6 yaers of republican distruction will take time. Presient elect Obama has the cooperation of 98% of the country; he will surprise us with his insight and ability yet again. It has been 8 years since we have had a president much smater than the average American – we may have forgotten what its like. Not only will he be smart and thoughtful but I expect his cabinet to be as well. America and the world are about to learn once again what it is like to have intelligent brains in the White House. AND NO I DON'T WANT TO HAVE A BEER WITH ANY OF THEM

My small company of 35 employees put a freeze on hiring today. A direct response to Obama's win costing us more in tax dollars, not due to the current state of the economy...

I know President Obama will come up with the best team of economists and strategists to fix our economy. I know road is tough for him but he has proved himself in tough times of his life.

Okay Barry ("create jobs"), time to try and make all those lies come true.

Remember, "Change, Change, Change..."

Obama will struggle. I think you should just keep that as the headline. This is a man of talk and words. Let's see him walk that talk. This I gotta see to believe.

Creating jobs is just one of hundreds of issues President Obama will face in his "clean-up" efforts. He'll need the support and patience of all Americans (the media included) while he does his job.

Whatever struggle he faces....he will do it with honestly and sincerity and he will gather around him those people who can help him the most with that particular issue and he will rally those people and he will rally this nation....so that we are all working on it together, for the common good. So it may be difficult.....it will be hard....but atleast we will finally get the truth and an intelligent and thoughtful approach to solving it in a unified way. the recipe for success, real success, not cosmetic and superficial success.....is to begin with openess and the truth and then call in those people who can give the best advice.....steer them and guide them and include the people of your country in your decision. We are not adversaries....we are co-patriots.

new face, new ideas...that is a start!