Barack Obama

Barack Obama has shifted his energy strategy after the McCain campaign pounced on comments Obama made about properly inflating our tires.

Vermont's U.S. Senate delegation today joined several prominent colleagues in introducing legislation aimed at boosting Americans' access to primary healthcare, as well as expanding existing federal healthcare programs.  

The bill, called Access for All Americans Act, is co-sponsored by U.S. Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama (D-Ill.), Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.), and Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.). The legislation seeks to provide all citizens with primary healthcare, tackle a shortage of primary care physicians by encouraging students to enter the healthcare field, and expand a Federally Qualified Health Centers program, which would boost services to low-income and uninsured citizens.  

South Burlington's International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 300 organization today announced it's endorsement of U.S. Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) to be the next president.  

The union, which represents about 1200 public and private sector employees throughout the Green Mountain State, based its decision on the Illinois U.S. senator's commitment to working families and launched an aggressive campaign to involve its members in the political process.  

After watching McCain's new ad mocking Barack Obama as a self-important celebrity along the likes of Britney Spears and Paris Hilton, I was inspired by the last time Britney got involved with a politician in a commercial, back when the media was still in love with the straight-talk express.

What position currently held by Barack Obama will John McCain switch to next week?

Vermont's last Democratic governor and Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean knows a thing or two about elections.

He's held consecutive positions in the Green Mountain State's government, from state representative, to lieutenant governor, and then serving as the governor for five consecutive terms -- the second-longest serving governor in Vermont's history -- before attempting a presidential bid in 2004.

And now Dean is lending some of his know-how to this year's Democratic gubernatorial candidate, House Speaker Gaye Symington.

The 2008 presidential cycle is breaking new ground: the most successful female and minority candidates, huge leaps in voter turnout, and a reinvigorated excitement about politics.

But the excitement generated from the candidates topping the party ticket is not just confined to the presidential race: Vermont officials and political observers are feeling the enthusiasm too. Many have dubbed the phenomena of heightened interest, activism and turnout the "Obama Factor."

Telecom immunity. Public financing. Faith-based initiatives. NAFTA. Just words?