I read with interest, both the original article on the waste of taxpayers' dollars by the elections department, and the rebuttal/clarification by Supervisor of Elections Annie Williams. She states that it wasn't a waste of our money because the mailings were paid for by a federal grant. But isn't a federal grant funded by tax dollars? ...more

July 3, 2008

Listening to the back and forth this week about oil drilling and energy prices, you have to wonder whether there's anyone in Washington who understands what leadership is about. ...more

June 21, 2008

An extraordinary outpouring of tributes to Tim Russert continued nonstop Saturday as people left flowers and notes at NBC's Washington bureau, the presidential candidates praised his fairness and his network planned a special edition of "Meet the Press" for today. ...more

June 15, 2008

Saying the United States should "abolish this archaic way we elect presidents," Florida's Sen. Bill Nelson argued in a Tampa news conference Friday for eliminating the Electoral College. ...more

June 14, 2008

The walls of "The Colbert Report" studio are plastered with letters and artwork of the show's fearless leader submitted by loyal fans. In one painted portrait, Stephen Colbert, astride a horse, is substituted for George Washington. ...more

June 9, 2008

So the buzz is that Florida Gov. Charlie Crist is visiting Sen. John McCain's ranch in Arizona this weekend for some sort of vice presidential tryout, which got us thinking about the image of Crist in those second-in-command shoes. ...more

May 25, 2008

Even Hillary Clinton critics are feeling a bit sorry for her these days. Barack Obama has moved on, and so has the campaign for the presidency. Recall a year ago when most people thought it would be the Republicans who would still be struggling to find a candidate and Hillary would be standing tall, waiting for her next foe. Things change a lot in a year. Obama has all but won, even if he technically hasn't wrapped up the Democratic nomination. He will, and there's little hope for Clinton. Where did it all go wrong? Most people agree that Clinton got waylaid by an Illinois twister. Few times in United States history has a political dynamo entered the scene. It happened when Abraham Lincoln ran for office, and again when John F. Kennedy and his brother Robert ran for the presidency. Since then, it's been fairly quiet. ...more

May 22, 2008

When he was running for president, Mike Huckabee had a reputation as a jokester on the campaign trail, especially during the Republican debates. A joke he told last week before about 6,000 members of the National Rifle Association, however, was not funny at all. Indeed, the quip was borderline incendiary. ...more

May 21, 2008

According to a new poll by Public Agenda and Foreign Affairs, six out of 10 Americans think reducing energy dependence will help national security "a great deal." They worry about global warming, too. But most of all they care about putting cheaper gasoline in their cars. ...more

May 12, 2008

Richard Allard of New Port Richey says the political elite can understand the problems ordinary people have with high gasoline prices and other problems. ...more

May 10, 2008