taking 52 percent of the popular vote to John McCain's 46 percent. ...more

November 9, 2008

Graciously conceding as vice president in 1980, Walter Mondale spoke of voters wielding "their staggering power." This year's energized electorate did that, thereby proving, among other things, that bad governance is good for turnout, a fact that should give pause to people who think high rates of voting are unambiguous indicators of civic health. ...more

November 8, 2008

Barack Hussein Obama - won enough electoral votes to become president of the United States. ...more

November 6, 2008

It's happening again. We knew it would. As the presidential race narrows to a handful of states where the two candidates are clawing to get over the top, Florida would be each man's top prize. And the Tampa Bay area is their key to Florida. ...more

October 26, 2008

Republican John McCain is trying to keep Florida from swinging to the Democrats with a cross-state bus tour and a series of 'Joe the Plumber' events aimed at blue-collar workers. ...more

October 23, 2008

Florida Democrats now have a more than 600,000-person advantage in registered voters over Republicans, nearly double the gap between the two parties' registered voters since the last presidential election. ...more

October 19, 2008

The coveted state with 27 electoral votes is a tossup. ...more

October 17, 2008

Hundreds of people lined up before dawn this morning to attend a rally with Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin at Coachman Park. ...more

October 6, 2008

TAMPA (AP) - Democratic vice presidential nominee Joe Biden is planning to hold rallies in Tampa and Lakeland during a two-day visit in Florida this week. ...more

October 6, 2008

I have never been an advocate of the popular notion that "everyone should vote." ...more

August 12, 2008