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Saturday, September 6 BENNINGTON — Sen. Bernard Sanders, I-Vt., was critical Thursday of speakers at the Republican National Convention. He said they had refused to talk about the issues, particularly those facing the middle class, and instead turned the election into a popularity contest, trumpeting Republican presidential candidate John McCain's war record and character.
Nate Freeman and Tom Costello, the state's two Democratic contenders for lieutenant governor, would prefer to focus their political criticisms on three-term Republican incumbent Brian Dubie. ... - By PETER HIRSCHFELD Vermont Press Bureau
Delegates said the excitement from the John McCain campaign, bolstered by his pick of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate, could attract independent voters in their state.
(NECN: Anya Huneke, Colchester, Vermont) - A new housing development is moving into an area of Colchester, Vermont -- the same area where housing was set up years ago, in fact, thousands of years ago. An archaeological dig is reveling that in some ways, real estate hot spots don't change much over time. Centimeter by centimeter, Alden Oliver scrapes the layers off a plot of land in ...
Vermont Congressman Peter Welch is facing a challenge in the Democratic primary from Craig Hill.
Wednesday, September 3 Perhaps, Vermont governor Jim Douglas, the CEO of the State of Vermont, can explain why the kidney dialysis unit of Fletcher Allen Health Care at the Rutland Regional Medical Center has only one patient hematocrit monitor for the entire nine-patient unit? This means that eight patients cannot be monitored when one patient is using the monitor.
Howard Dean is bringing his Register for Change bus to Madison on Wednesday and will hold a voter registration rally in the 100 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard at 3:45 p.m. Dean, chair of the Democratic National Committee, has been crossing the country to sign up voters and build voter enthusiasm for the past several months. The former Vermont governor and presidential candidate ...
Even though state isn't likely to play a pivotal role, GOP faithful still supportive
Conventions are notoriously carefully stage-managed and controlled. But beyond the silly hats and pageantry -- Democrat Barack Obama accepted his party's nomination in a football stadium Thursday after all -- Vermonters attending the event offered interesting bits of news and observations. And they explained why being there mattered for them and for Vermont. ... - By LOUIS PORTER Vermont Press ...
Independent Vermont Senator Bernard Sanders and others have pointed out how little time the presumed presidential candidates have spent talking about the dire economy - especially its effect on the poor, the working class, and even the middle class.
There was a small delegation of Vermonters in the crowd in Denver Thursday night. But many more Democrats watching here at home.
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