During a debate, the RNC chairman candidates were asked if they had Twitter, and if so, how many followers they had. Michael Steele and Katon Dawson replied that they have around 300-400 followers and Saul Anuziz claimed that he had just under 3,000. Ken Blackwell responded that he used twitter, but also noted he had an impressive 4,000 friends on Facebook. Mike Duncan explained that he did not have a twitter account himself, but understood how to use the website (1:05).

 

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Chip Saltman, a candidate for the RNC chair position, explained how the Republican party needs to return to their roots, citing the situation in Florida where although there is a deficit, taxes were not raised (0:43).

 

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Ellen Ratner interviews Lawrence Yun, the Chief Economist at the National Association of Realtors, about the troubled housing market (4:44).

 

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When asked what he would not miss about being President, Bush replied that he would not miss “the politics of personal destruction”, and stated that while he intended to change the tone of Washington, he was unsuccessful (0:45).

 

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President Bush said that he has not yet decided whether he will use TARP funds to bail out the auto industry (0:26).

 

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Ellen Ratner interviews Maya Angelou on her new book, Letter to My Daughter. (4:40)

 

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Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) says that she has been working with Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) to create legislation that would only give the Treasury Department the second half of TARP funds when the provisions of the law, namely the requirement to provide aid to those suffering from the housing crisis, are met (0:20).

 

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Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) described the upcoming economic recovery package, saying that it will not resemble a 1930’s public works project and will instead be a much more modern and innovative attempt to rebuild the American economy (0:18).

 

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According to Christopher A. McLean, Executive Director of the Consumer Electronics Retailers Coalition, in Wilmington, N.C., where the FCC had designated the town as the first test market, consumers put off buying converter boxes until the weekend before the conversion (0:43).

 

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Anthony G. Wilhelm, PhD of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration says that the Commerce Department has given 40 million coupons for the DTV (Digital Television)converter box to 21 million households. To date, 16 million have been used in stores (0:22).

 

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