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...enthusiasm of their children as the motivating factor that caused them to get behind Senator Obama’s bid for the presidency. This is in no small part thanks to Senator Obama’s inclusive rhetoric on the campaign trail that employs phrases like “Yes we can,” which lend a strong sense of community to a movement that is gearing itself towards change. Obama has brought together a diverse coalition of people from different backgrounds with the promise of reaching across partisan divides and barriers of race. Obama’s contagious...

Author: By Paul N. Rudatsikira | Title: Generation Change | 3/4/2008 | See Source »

...Another Big Day for Chipotle in New England.” On March 6, the wait would finally be over. I wrote the date down in my planner, circled it vigorously, and told all my friends. I started dreaming of camping out all night and placing my order. Yes, I’ll have some extra guacamole. Free soda? Why, thank...

Author: By Karan Lodha | Title: Revenge of the Chips | 3/4/2008 | See Source »

...leave-me-alone state. Taxes are high. Government services are extensive. It's the only state without a balanced budget requirement, but its bonds are top-rated. Local affairs are still handled at the annual town meetings renowned throughout New England - Vermont's will be held this year on, yes, March 4 - but the state government has steadily expanded its power. "There's less and less for town meetings to decide; we might get to choose a road commissioner," says McLaughry, who has moderated the town of Kirby's annual meetings for the last 42 years. "There's a very...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Vermont Votes Its Own Way | 3/2/2008 | See Source »

...compare herself to a mean old nun who forces you to learn the capital of Vermont. Coming from Fey, it somehow works.) They attract free media. They can capture emotion more viscerally than a policy paper. (By playing off the rhythm and call-and-response of Obama's words, Yes We Can literally rendered his prose into lyrics.) And as much as people may say that they don't care about celebrity endorsements, videos convey the intangible sense that people are moved enough by a candidate to create...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hillary's SNL Strategy | 2/29/2008 | See Source »

...regarded as the first musical of the Barack Obama era. It represents change on Broadway. It's a show full of hope. And it has its producers--and a lot of other people who want Broadway to reach out to new audiences with contemporary, heartfelt shows like these--crying "Yes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Life After Rent | 2/29/2008 | See Source »

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