Obama gives first prime-time press conference tonight

At 8 pm ET tonight, President Barack Obama will hold his first prime-time press conference since taking office last month.

The press conference is part of a media effort, resembling tactics used during an election campaign, to attract public support for his economic stimulus package. The House bill received no Republican votes and just a few Senate Republicans are supporting the Senate version.

Obama spoke at a town hall-style meeting in a region of Indiana hit hard by the economic downturn.

On Tuesday, Obama will visit Fort Myers, Fla., an area suffering from the mortgage meltdown.

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Obama hitting the road for stimulus bill

President Barack Obama is on the road pitching his economic stimulus package trying push a compromise with senate Republicans.

While the bill is likely to pass anyway tomorrow, Obama wants as many Republican votes as possible to present a semblance of bipartisan agreement. The House version of the bill passed with no Republican votes.

Obama and his media staff is trying to drum up public support for his plan putting pressure on the GOP to work with the administration.

In another sign of hard economic times, Nissan, Japan's third largest auto maker, said it was cutting 20,000 jobs worldwide.


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