If I had a chance to interview Barack Obama about the current financial crisis, I would ask him:
-In 1933, President FDR started his presidential campaign in the midst of the depression. What tactics or decisions did he make that you will use in your economic plan?
- In your Washington Post article, you said, " People everywhere are worried about what tomorrow will bring." In your opinion, what will tomorrow bring?
- How can you use your popularity to get us out of this recession?
- At what point will you annunce that our recession has turned into a depression?
- What are the main differences between our recession now between The Long Depression (1873-1896)? The Great Depression (1929-1939)?
- What specific actions can we take now to ensure we don't end in anything worse than the great depression?
-How are you handeling the pressure put on you on you to fix the economy?
-What are your fears on what will happen if you fail at fixing our economy?
- What measures will you use to judge your succeess?
Resources:
"List of recessions in the United States: Information from Answers.com." Answers.com - Online Dictionary, Encyclopedia and much more. 6 Feb. 2009
"Barack Obama - The Action Americans Need - washingtonpost.com." washingtonpost.com - nation, world, technology and Washington area news and headlines. 6 Feb. 2009
Internship Interview:
My interview will take place on Tuesday February 10th, 2009, at 4pm in my mentor's office. I will use my mac laptop and garage band to record my interview.
1 comment:
I really like how you chose to structure your blog as a list of questions. There were a lot of really good and insightful questions, like "What specific actions can we take now to ensure we don't end in anything worse than the great depression?" and "What are your fears on what will happen if you fail at fixing our economy?"
One suggestion would be to consider what his responses could be, and to ask follow up questions according to that.
Great job (:
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