JACKPOT !! (politics)

[SteamWake]

Pocketbook politics !

Originally Posted by Los Vegas Mayor

Mr. President, I understand the enormous burden you carry in dealing with the worst economy since the Great Depression,” Goodman writes. “I also understand the need for accountability, but your comments are harmful to the meetings and convention industry as a whole and Las Vegas specifically."

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpu...gas-mayor.html

Now its time to make amends... oh and to try to save a sinking ship.

Originally Posted by AP

President Barack Obama is unveiling $1.5 billion in housing help, a boost timed to his appearance in the city with the worst foreclosure crisis in the nation.

Obama's move, detailed by aides in advance of his town hall here Friday, is the latest by a White House determined to show it is helping families rebound from a deep recession. The downturn is taking an election-year toll on Obama's party as voter frustration builds.

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20100219/D9DV7SS00.html