Obama's First YouTube Address Saturday

Swamp: Aides to the president-elect say this morning that Obama's recording of the weekly Democratic radio address will be turned into a YouTube video and posted this weekend, beginning a new practice they'll keep up after he's in the White House.

The presidential radio address has waxed and waned in importance over the years, hitting its apex when FDR used the airwaves to calm fears and promote confidence with his Depression-era "Fireside Chats." In modern times, it's mainly of importance in political circles.

But the Obama folks know a YouTube opportunity when they see it, thus the all-new multi-media presentation viewers can tune in for on Saturday morning. An army of supporters got to know him just that way, and such a weekly posting is likely to draw traffic.