I don't know what kind of coverage Obama's getting on the tube, but

[Jackpine Radical]

he seems to be winning the battle for attention in the print media. Here
s a Slate summary:

today's papers
Obama Gets Tough on Republicans
By Daniel Politi
Posted Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2009, at 6:40 AM ET

The New York Times and USA Today lead with, and everyone else fronts, President Obama's efforts to sell his massive stimulus package directly to the American people with a town hall-style meeting in Elkhart, Ind. and his first prime-time news conference held in the East Room of the White House. Stating that the country faces a "profound economic emergency," Obama warned that failing to do anything "could turn a crisis into a catastrophe." The president acknowledged that the "plan is not perfect" but he pushed Congress to come to an agreement quickly. "We've had a good debate," Obama said. "Now it's time to act."

The Washington Post leads with new details on the administration's plan to rescue the financial industry that officials estimate could commit up to $1.5 trillion in public and private funds (the WSJ says $2 trillion). For now, the administration has no plans to ask for more than the $350 billion that is left over from the original package. The Los Angeles Times leads locally with the tentative ruling issued by a panel of three federal judges that says California must reduce its state prison population by as much as one-third, or around 57,000 people. The judges said the state prisons are so overcrowded--they were designed for 84,000 inmates but currently hold 158,000--that inmates can't receive the level of healthcare that they are entitled to under the Constitution.

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