Wearing a "Vote Obama" T-shirt, Joel Gennari of Lutz sat at a table at the Good Luck Cafe in Ybor City on Thursday, clapping and nodding with other supporters watching the broadcast of the Democratic National Convention. ...more

August 29, 2008

TAMPA - Wearing a "Vote Obama" T-shirt, Joel Gennari of Lutz sat at a table at the Good Luck Café in Ybor City on Thursday, clapping and nodding with other supporters watching the broadcast of the Democratic National Convention. ...more

August 28, 2008

It's good to hear that Highlands County will finance a new veterans services building. The new building will much better serve the veterans living here, and that's a responsibility we owe the men and women who served our nation. ...more

August 28, 2008

After a long and contentious presidential primary season in which Florida played a central role, Democrats hold their national convention this week with the aim of projecting strength and unity behind the first black presidential nominee of a major party. ...more

August 24, 2008

Florida Gov. Charlie Crist has been scheduled to speak at the Republican National Convention on the same night Arizona Sen. John McCain will give his acceptance speech for the nomination. ...more

August 21, 2008

It is "pretty likely" Florida's 210 delegates will have full voting rights at the Democratic National Convention, says the co-chairman of the panel that will decide that issue. ...more

August 19, 2008

Sen. Barack Obama chose Mark Warner, Virginia's Senate candidate and former governor, to deliver the keynote address at the Democratic convention, underscoring Democrats' all-out effort to win the Southern state for the first time since 1964. ...more

August 14, 2008

He's written million-selling books about his early years and the meaning of public life. Now, Sen. Barack Obama, with the help of his campaign staff, has another side to share with readers: policy work. ...more

August 11, 2008

Hillsborough County is often labeled the bellwether of Florida politics. As Hillsborough goes, so goes Florida, observes Susan MacManus, a University of South Florida political scientist. ...more

August 11, 2008

It's absurd to argue that ending the moratorium on drilling off parts of the U.S. coasts would quickly bring down the high price of gasoline. ...more

August 2, 2008