Barack Obama paid a visit to the Internet on Saturday with his weekly president-elect-themed YouTube address, sounding an urgent note about the economy, pointing to the dismal news about job losses in November and pointing out what his team plans to do about it. Once again, his Web-oriented transition squad attempted to use the Internet for feedback purposes, asking Americans to weigh in about what they think the incoming administration should do the help us out of dire economic straits.

YouTube via Change.gov:

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