President Obama in Stim City

By The Daily Show

January 29, 2009

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In this clip, Jon Stewart gives the weather report (Circuit City and Amalgamated Downsizing will be closed due to the "economic s--t storm"), a personal profile of one of the many unemployed American (former Merrill Lynch CEO John Thain) and examines the hotly debated economic stimulus package (a boon for foam weather strippers union).

--Corbin Hiar

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