Politics this week

Politics this week Barack Obama paid his first visit to the White House since winning America’s election to discuss the transition of power with George Bush. With Congress returning to pass another stimulus package, Mr Obama pressed Mr Bush on an immediate bail-out of Detroit’s troubled carmakers. Meanwhile, leaders from the G20 countries headed to Washington for an economic summit, dubbed Bretton Woods 2, on November 15th that will discuss reform of the world’s financial system. See article The Democrats’ tally of seats in the Senate rose to 57 after returns from Oregon showed that the incumbent, a moderate Republican, had been defeated. In other Senate races, the 206-vote margin obtained by Norm Coleman in Minnesota will trigger an automatic recount; Georgia is to hold a run-off election in December; and Alaska’s Senate race was level as the absentee-ballot count got under way. Ted Stevens is defending his seat there. See article ... (link)