Barack Obama

They're interested in scoring political points.

In 10 years, we're going to eliminate the need for oil from the entire Middle East and Venezuela, all of it.

That's kind of a tricky question for me. You know, I've got colleagues in the senate who are doing just outstanding work, and they are well into their 70s.

If we're going to be serious about this problem, we need an all hands on deck approach. An effort from scientists and engineers, businesses, homeowners, all of us are going to have to get behind a new approach to energy. We know this is a…

You know, if you need one more example of what's wrong with our energy policy or George Bush's policies, in general, there's a new report today, some of you may have read in the newspaper, Iraq has been getting a windfall because of rising…

That's one of the reasons I voted for an energy bill in the Senate that was far from perfect, but doubled our use of alternative energy. We've got to develop it.

Well, if you need one more example of what's wrong with our energy policy or George Bush's policies in general, there's a new report today -- some of you may have read in the newspaper -- Iraq has been getting a windfall because of rising…

We know that the choices we make in November and over the next few years will shape the next decade, if not the century.

You know from your own lives that we're not better off than we were eight years ago.

This is the choice we face in the months ahead.

We simply cannot pretend that we can drill our way out of this problem.

If we can seize this moment, we can open the door to a new economy for the 21st century.

I will put the full resources of the federal government and the full energy of the private sector behind a single, overarching goal.

I'll also expand permissible reasons for taking time off to include addressing domestic violence and sexual assault.

Strengthening the Family and Medical Leave Act won't just benefit employers or workers, it will help put the American Dream within reach for hardworking families.

Fifteen years ago today, working families everywhere achieved a victory when the Family and Medical Leave Act went into effect.

I said you know what you can inflate your tires to the proper levels and that if everybody in America inflated their tires to the proper level, we would actually probably save more oil than all the oil that we get from John McCain drilling…

In a change election, how come a Democrat isn't doing better?

Our politics has gotten so nasty, that's the word I was looking for. But not just nasty, also cynical and manipulative.

how come the polls show a race much closer than many anticipated?

And our politics has gotten so nasty. That's the word I was looking for -- but not just nasty, also cynical and manipulative.

So, when Senator McCain talks about the failure of politicians in Washington to do anything about our energy crisis, it's important to remember that he's been part of that failure.

When Senator McCain talks about the failure of politicians in Washington to do anything about the energy crisis, it's important to remember that he's been part of that failure.

our dangerous dependence on foreign oil has been 30 years in the making and was caused by the failure of politicians in Washington to think long-term about the future of the country.

Our dangerous dependence on foreign oil has been 30 years in the making and was caused by the failures of politicians in Washington to think long-term about the future of the country. Now, what Senator McCain neglected to mention was…