House Democratic leaders said Sunday that they were working to gather votes to override a veto on a popular children's health program, but pledged to find a way to cover millions without insurance should their effort fail. ...more

October 15, 2007

Howard Dean came to Florida Tuesday to raise money for his party and to make peace with the state's Democrats. He tried to make light of his decision to disenfranchise Democratic voters, calling it a spat between politicians that will be quickly forgotten - an insulting position likely to alienate voters further. ...more

October 11, 2007

Joan Atkins of Palm Harbor says Democrats have betrayed their national defense legacy. ...more

October 10, 2007

Sen. Bill Nelson spent more than a month trying to convince Howard Dean to come up with a plan under which the votes made by Florida's Democrats in the January primary would count for something, but the chairman of the Democratic National Committee rebuffed him at every turn. ...more

October 5, 2007

Cigar manufacturers in the Tampa Bay area and elsewhere got a reprieve Wednesday from a huge tax increase when President Bush refused to sign a bill to renew and expand a children's health insurance program into law. ...more

October 4, 2007

Beleaguered by sanctions because of the state's Jan. 29 primary date, Florida Democrats are casting about for ways to strike back, and revealed a couple of possibilities Saturday. ...more

September 30, 2007

President Bush tried to turn a corner in the fractious debate over Iraq on Thursday night by ordering the first limited troop withdrawals since voters elected an antiwar Congress last year. The move did little to appease Democratic leaders who dismissed it as a token gesture masking an open-ended commitment of U.S. troops. ...more

September 14, 2007

TAMPA - Florida Democrats appear to be looking eagerly for a way out of the dilemma over the state's Jan. 29 primary, but no ready solutions appear at hand. ...more

September 6, 2007