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Keller @ Large: New Confidence After Obama's Speech?

BOSTON (CBS) – Thursday night, President Barack Obama presented his American Jobs Act.

It's a 450-billion dollar plan that calls for tax cuts for all working Americans, more spending on construction and extending unemployment benefits.

He pressured congress to pass it as soon as possible.

WBZ-TV's Jon Keller Is At Large

Can the President deliver on his big promises?

Political analyst Jon Keller says only if this speech and what follows instill new confidence in the private-sector businesses that do most of the hiring.

WBZ invited Brian Gilmore of the Associated Industries of Massachusetts to tell us if, at first blush, the president's remarks actually did that.

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