At the December 2, 2008, “New Washington” conference held at The National Press Club , I gave a brief presentation on how I believe the convergence of the economic downturn and the new political environment will give rise to a decline in “buy this” messages and a surge in “support this” messages. This is a video of that presentation. For videos of each of the other speakers, including David Rubenstein of Carlyle, Gov. Tom Ridge, and Joe Robert (real estate investor), plus Steven Fuller’s presentation of his most recent projections for the region, click here.