Finalmente! O tao esperado Plano economico de Obama saiu a rua! Numa palestra na Universidade e Madison Wiscons, Obama falou pela primeira vez em pormenor sobre a sua visao economia para tirar a America da cise economica em que se encontra! Na sua alocucao Obama prometeu criar uma 'Carta de Direitos' para os portadores de cartao de credito, numa tentativa de aliviar o impacto da crise criada pelos emprestimos na industria imobiliaria Estadunidense!
Prometeu tambem criar um Banco Nacional de Reinvestimento em Infrastrutura que investira cerca de 30 bilioes de dolares em 10 anos, criando 2 milhoes de empregos. Prometeu ainda investir cerca de 75 bilioes de dolares em recursos sustentaveis de energia.
Prometeu tambem criar um Banco Nacional de Reinvestimento em Infrastrutura que investira cerca de 30 bilioes de dolares em 10 anos, criando 2 milhoes de empregos. Prometeu ainda investir cerca de 75 bilioes de dolares em recursos sustentaveis de energia.
Para mais detalhes viagemos na companhia de Alex Spillius in Washington and Toby Harnden McAllen, em Texas
Barack Obama has pulled ahead of Hillary Clinton in the race for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination after winning the Maryland, Virginia and Washington DC primaries by a wide margin on Tuesday night.
For the Republicans, John McCain also completed a clean sweep. Though he was given a close run by Mike Huckabee in Virginia, the Arizona senator is almost guaranteed the nomination.
Mr Obama succeeded in widening his appeal among different voting groups on Tuesday, but remains determined to reach out to working class voters in forthcoming contests.
He chose to launch his economic manifesto at a General Motors factory in Janesville, Wisconsin, which holds its primary on Tuesday.
He pledged to ease the pain of home owners defrauded in the mortgage crisis and to introduce a "Credit Card Bill of Rights" to protect consumers from punitive charges.
He proposed a National Infrastructure Reinvestment Bank that would invest £30 billion over 10 years, with the promise of creating two million jobs, and to pump £75 billion into developing the green energy sector.
"We are not standing on the brink of recession due to forces beyond our control. The fallout from the housing crisis that's cost jobs and wiped out savings was not an inevitable part of the business cycle. It was a failure of leadership and imagination in Washington," he said, speaking the day after General Motors announced a record annual loss of £19 billion.
Much of the soaring oratory that has characterised his campaign speeches was sacrificed for plainer fare. Mr Obama now runs the risk of exposing his proposals to detailed examination.
Attempting to pre-empt any doubts, he said his plans to revive the middle class would be paid for by closing corporate tax loopholes, ending President George W Bush's tax cuts for the top two per cent of earners, and ending the war in Iraq.
"We know that all of this must be done in a responsible way, without adding to the already obscene debt that has grown by four trillion dollars under George Bush. We know that we cannot build our future on a credit card issued by the bank of China," he said, referring to Chinese ownership of US debt.
Yesterday amounted to a road-testing of his new approach, which is designed particularly for audiences in Texas and Ohio, where blue collar concerns are said to be paramount among Democrats due to vote in the March 4 primaries and where Mrs Clinton is hoping to make up lost ground.
Victories for Mr Obama in what are two major states with a large number of delegates who appoint the nominee could prove decisive. Doug Hattaway, a senior Clinton adviser, said that Mrs Clinton was "moving the campaign to Texas and Ohio and changing the landscape" of the race. He effectively conceded that Mrs Clinton would struggle in Wisconsin.
Mrs Clinton made no mention of her string of eight defeats since last week's Super Tuesday, instead she launched a sharp new attack against Mr Obama, urging Americans: "Let's get real about the future. We have to deliver the solutions that America needs."
In a fiery speech to a predominantly Hispanic crowd of some 2,000 in McAllen, six miles from the Mexican border, she vowed to spend her time in Texas "comparing and contrasting" her record with that of Mr Obama's. She highlighted her strong ties to the state, stretching back to when she campaigned in McAllen during the 1972 election.
"There is a very important choice and a big difference between the candidates in this race," she said. "I am in the solutions business. My opponent is in the promises business. I think we need answers and not questions about what we're going to do going forward."
Against a charismatic opponent and powerful speaker, she is losing the battle for voters' hearts, and may relish a fight on more comfortable grounds of policy detail.
Barack Obama has pulled ahead of Hillary Clinton in the race for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination after winning the Maryland, Virginia and Washington DC primaries by a wide margin on Tuesday night.
For the Republicans, John McCain also completed a clean sweep. Though he was given a close run by Mike Huckabee in Virginia, the Arizona senator is almost guaranteed the nomination.
Mr Obama succeeded in widening his appeal among different voting groups on Tuesday, but remains determined to reach out to working class voters in forthcoming contests.
He chose to launch his economic manifesto at a General Motors factory in Janesville, Wisconsin, which holds its primary on Tuesday.
He pledged to ease the pain of home owners defrauded in the mortgage crisis and to introduce a "Credit Card Bill of Rights" to protect consumers from punitive charges.
He proposed a National Infrastructure Reinvestment Bank that would invest £30 billion over 10 years, with the promise of creating two million jobs, and to pump £75 billion into developing the green energy sector.
"We are not standing on the brink of recession due to forces beyond our control. The fallout from the housing crisis that's cost jobs and wiped out savings was not an inevitable part of the business cycle. It was a failure of leadership and imagination in Washington," he said, speaking the day after General Motors announced a record annual loss of £19 billion.
Much of the soaring oratory that has characterised his campaign speeches was sacrificed for plainer fare. Mr Obama now runs the risk of exposing his proposals to detailed examination.
Attempting to pre-empt any doubts, he said his plans to revive the middle class would be paid for by closing corporate tax loopholes, ending President George W Bush's tax cuts for the top two per cent of earners, and ending the war in Iraq.
"We know that all of this must be done in a responsible way, without adding to the already obscene debt that has grown by four trillion dollars under George Bush. We know that we cannot build our future on a credit card issued by the bank of China," he said, referring to Chinese ownership of US debt.
Yesterday amounted to a road-testing of his new approach, which is designed particularly for audiences in Texas and Ohio, where blue collar concerns are said to be paramount among Democrats due to vote in the March 4 primaries and where Mrs Clinton is hoping to make up lost ground.
Victories for Mr Obama in what are two major states with a large number of delegates who appoint the nominee could prove decisive. Doug Hattaway, a senior Clinton adviser, said that Mrs Clinton was "moving the campaign to Texas and Ohio and changing the landscape" of the race. He effectively conceded that Mrs Clinton would struggle in Wisconsin.
Mrs Clinton made no mention of her string of eight defeats since last week's Super Tuesday, instead she launched a sharp new attack against Mr Obama, urging Americans: "Let's get real about the future. We have to deliver the solutions that America needs."
In a fiery speech to a predominantly Hispanic crowd of some 2,000 in McAllen, six miles from the Mexican border, she vowed to spend her time in Texas "comparing and contrasting" her record with that of Mr Obama's. She highlighted her strong ties to the state, stretching back to when she campaigned in McAllen during the 1972 election.
"There is a very important choice and a big difference between the candidates in this race," she said. "I am in the solutions business. My opponent is in the promises business. I think we need answers and not questions about what we're going to do going forward."
Against a charismatic opponent and powerful speaker, she is losing the battle for voters' hearts, and may relish a fight on more comfortable grounds of policy detail.
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