WASHINGTON — The emergency bailout of General Motors and Chrysler announced by President Bush on Friday gives the companies a few months to get their businesses in order, but hands off to President-elect Barack Obama the difficult political task of ruling on their future....Link
President-elect Barack Obama said a "bold" stimulus plan is needed to pull the US economy out of recession but would not provide a dollar amount for the package Friday...Link
As of Thursday night, GOP Senator Norm Coleman officially maintains a lead over Democratic challenger Al Franken of just five votes, with 5,861 challenged ballots remaining to be counted....Link