To the undecideds and independents, I offer 10 reasons to lean toward Obama: 1. Socialism/communism works; capitalism doesn't. ...more

October 23, 2008

Joe Biden appears to be very healthy, with some routine aging issues, but there's no evidence he's had a brain scan to completely rule out another aneurysm like the one that required emergency surgery 20 years ago. ...more

October 21, 2008

The presidential election confounds me. Exhibit A: North Carolina, which twice handed George W. Bush double-digit victories and last voted Democratic for president in 1976. Is it really a presidential toss up, as the polls say? ...more

October 19, 2008

The economy was the central theme Sunday in appearances by Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden, above, and presidential candidate Barack Obama, and their Republican challengers, Sarah Palin and John McCain. In Scranton, Pa., Biden said that the Democratic ticket was better on the economy and health care. In St. Clairsville, Ohio, Palin promised voters she and McCain will bring jobs to the economically depressed region. Obama walked a Holland, Ohio, neighborhood, where questions from middle-class Americans focused on helping families. Advisers to McCain said Sunday he is considering proposals to help the nation weather the crisis. ...more

October 13, 2008

Now that folksy is in, I don't mind admitting that the first line of Joe Biden's latest e-mail reminded me of my grandmother. ...more

October 12, 2008

Now that folksy is in, I don't mind admitting that the first line of Joe Biden's latest e-mail reminded me of my grandmother. ...more

October 12, 2008

Now that folksy is in, I don't mind admitting that the first line of Joe Biden's latest e-mail reminded me of my grandmother. ...more

October 12, 2008

The seven men were sitting at the round table in the back at the Valencia Garden restaurant. The one you would know for sure is former Congressman Sam Gibbons, but the rest are all longtime Tampa residents. The subject was money, or more precisely, how it's disappearing from everyone's savings. ...more

October 11, 2008

Sandra Kellmeier of Tarpon Springs challenges assertions in a political ad placed in The Suncoast News by the Tarpon Springs Republican Club. ...more

October 11, 2008

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Barack Obama is playing it safe. Leading in polls with 25 days to Election Day, the Democratic nominee is offering careful proposals to address the economic crisis while letting allies respond to John McCain's sharpest charges. ...more

October 10, 2008