Barack Obama talked with residents at O'Keefe's Irish pub in Clearwater, Fla. He acknowledged yesterday the proposed $700 billion bailout of Wall Street may postpone some of his proposals.
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Hopefuls' grand plans may be delayed
Financial crisis to bring hard choices
Barack Obama talked with residents at O'Keefe's Irish pub in Clearwater, Fla. He acknowledged yesterday the proposed $700 billion bailout of Wall Street may postpone some of his proposals.
(EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images)
Campaigns are made for promises, and the presidential candidates have made many to voters in the past 18 months. But the crisis in the nation's financial system and the prospect of chronic, large federal budget deficits will probably delay many of their most ambitious proposals. (Full article: 1047 words)
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