Obama stresses healthcare at Jesse's
By Conlan O'Leary | August 14, 2007Associated Press Senator and Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama (D-Ill.)focused on restoring integrity to American government and managing the ailing healthcare system in a panel discussion with Upper Valley residents at Jesse's Restaurant in Hanover on Monday. To begin the event, Obama delivered a short speech in which he emphasized what he believes to be the alienation that many Americans feel from the federal government. "Across the board, people feel that their voices are not being heard in Washington," he said. Obama took issue with the lobbyist culture of Congress and the White House and attacked the Bush administration for incompetence and cronyism.