US President-elect Barack Obama vowed yesterday that he would work with
governors from both parties to tackle the current financial crisis.
"To solve this crisis and to ease the burden on our states, we need action,
and action now," Obama spoke to a bipartisan group of governors in Philadelphia.
"As president, I will not simply ask our nation's governors to help implement
our economic recovery plan," he said. "I will ask you to help design that plan."
"That means passing an economic recovery plan for both Wall Street and Main
Street that jump starts our economy, helps save or create two and a half million
jobs," he added.
Obama also warned that the leaders have to recognize that any true solution
will not come from Washington alone.
"It will come from all of you. It will come from the White House and the
State House working together every step of the way," he said. "That is the kind
of strong partnership I intend to build as president of the United States."
