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The newest web ad from U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) includes a variety of prominent Democrats, including Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean -- all praising the presumptive Republican presidential candidate.

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.  

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Burlington)U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Burlington) today released a new video criticizing President Bush following the recent announcement that the nation's deficit will reach $482 billion this year.

The Green Mountain State's junior U.S. senator called the news of the ballooning deficit "extremely disconcerting" and called for reform of the Bush tax cuts as well as spending for the War in Iraq.  

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.

U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Middlesex) expressed his grave concern today after a report from the Office of the Inspector General revealing that certain Justice Department officials relied on illegal hiring practices that routinely benefited conservative or Republican candidates over other applicants, particularly in regard to career prosecutors and immigration judges. 

Leahy, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee and a former attorney, said in a statement today: "The report reveals decisions to reject qualified, experienced applicants to work on counterterrorism issues in favor of a less experienced attorney on the basis of political ideology. Rather than strengthening our national security, the Department of Justice appears to have bent to the political will of the administration."

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.