Street Talk for December 01, 2008

December 01, 2008 04:36 pm

Question of the week:How confident are you that President-elect Barack Obama can improve the U.S. economy?

``I don’t know if he has the ability to turn the economy around. If so, that would be great. I’m hopeful.” — Josh Black, student, Germantown “In comparison to the alternative, I think he’s very, very good.”
— Alyssa Fane, student, Roxbury

“I’d say I’m very confident. I just think he has a lot of knowledge. I think he knows what he’s doing”

Julie Lanfair, unemployed, Sidney

``I don’t know, probably very confident. He’s a smart guy”.
Meg Burns, student, Oneonta

“Well, I don’t think he can. I don’t think anyone can.”
Lucianna Papa, unemployed, Franklin

“I hope he does. I don’t know if it’s possible. I try to follow politics; they say they’re going to do something, but they don’t.”
Ed Moskowitz, assistant manager, East Meredith

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