| P2008 Calendar. Highlights on the Road to the White House |
| 2006 | 2007 | Jan08 | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan2009 |
| Sat. Nov. 1 | |
| Sun. Nov. 2 | |
| Mon. Nov. 3 | |
| Tues. Nov. 4 | ELECTION
DAY. Speeches: McCain,
Obama.
Reactions. |
| Wed. Nov. 5 | -Obama-Biden
Transition Project and transition leadership announced. -GSA Turns Over Transition HQ to New Administration. |
| Thurs. Nov. 6 | President-elect
Obama
announces Congressman Rahm Emanuel as his White House Chief of Staff. |
| Fri. Nov. 7 | President-elect Obama and Vice President-elect Biden meet with their Transition Economic Advisory Board; afterwards he holds his first press conference as president-elect. |
| Sat. Nov. 8 | |
| Sun. Nov. 9 | |
| Mon. Nov. 10 | President-elect
Obama and Michelle Obama visit the White House at the invitation of
President Bush. |
| Tues. Nov. 11 | |
| Wed. Nov. 12 | |
| Thurs. Nov. 13 | -President-elect
Obama announces he will resign from the Senate effective Sunday. -Vice President-elect Biden and Dr. Jill Biden meet with Vice President Cheney and his wife Lynne at the Naval Observatory. |
| Fri. Nov. 14 | Summit on Financial Markets and the World Economy, Washington, DC. |
| Sat. Nov. 15 | Summit on Financial Markets and the World Economy, Washington, DC. (White House fact sheet, Obama representatives) |
| Sun. Nov. 16 | -Letter
to the People of Illinois -Interview on CBS' "60 Minutes." (25.1 million viewers according to Nielsen). |
| Mon. Nov. 17 | President-elect Obama and Senator McCain meet
in Chicago at transition headquarters. (statement) |
| Tues. Nov. 18 | |
| Wed. Nov. 19 | |
| Thurs. Nov. 20 | |
| Fri. Nov. 21 | |
| Sat. Nov. 22 | President-elect Obama's weekly radio address focuses on the
economic situation. (transcript) |
| Sun. Nov. 23 | |
| Mon. Nov. 24 | [Citigroup bailout
announced, including government guarantee
on $306 billion of assets]. President-elect Obama announces economic team: Timothy Geithner as Secretary of the Treasury; Lawrence Summers as Director of the National Economic Council; Christina Romer as Chair of the Council of Economic Advisors; and Melody Barnes as Director of the Domestic Policy Council. (remarks) |
| Tues. Nov. 25 | [Treasury Secretary
Paulson announces measures of $200 billion
to encourage lending to consumers and small businesses and $600 billion
toward mortgage backed securities]. Continuing his focus on the economy, President-elect Obama announces Peter Orszag as Director and Robert Nabors as Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget and emphasizes the need to cut waste. (remarks) |
| Wed. Nov. 26 | President-elect Obama announces establishment of a
President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board chaired by the former
Chairman of the Federal Reserve Paul Volcker. (remarks) |
| Thurs. Nov. 27 | |
| Fri. Nov. 28 | |
| Sat. Nov. 29 | |
| Sun. Nov. 30 |
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