The heroes of our presidential elections aren't the candidates, although today's campaigns do rival the epic quest of Odysseus. ...more

February 17, 2008

Jason Smith of New Port Richey did not like the "hard-right slant" of op-ed page of Feb. 6 prints editions of The Suncoast News. ...more

February 9, 2008

Republicans do need to unite against the national party. Rush Limbaugh will make money regardless of who wins the presidency. After all, there are still senators and representatives putting bills on the table for the yet-to-be-named president to sign. ...more

February 8, 2008

State lawmakers on Tuesday unveiled a series of immigration-related bills aimed at making it tougher to hire illegal immigrants, limiting public services they can receive and penalizing anyone who brings them into Florida. ...more

February 6, 2008

For more than a year, the debate about whether to build a landfill in northeast Pasco County has been filled with familiar campaign tools: bumper stickers, petitions, residents speaking up at government meetings. ...more

February 2, 2008

After devoting two years and more than $35 million of his own money trying to win his party's nomination for the presidency, Mitt Romney and his advisers face the possibility that his effort could end with the nominating contests Tuesday. ...more

February 2, 2008

SEBRING — By 2 p.m., almost 29 percent of Highlands County's registered voters had gone to the polls, which impressed officials of both political parties. "I think that's impressive," said Marian Perrin, who serves on the Democratic steering committee. Highlands County has 63,118 registered voters. Assistant Supervisors of Elections Norma Stokes said 18,116 had voted, which included early voters and absentee ballots. "That seems to be pretty good," Stokes said. ...more

January 30, 2008

Bill Bunting, Florida Republican operative and all-around force of nature, cups his hand over the cell phone for just a second - "Hold on, dere, Guvnuh, I gotta take dis call" - then returns to the line to confess that he is just like at least 10 percent of the state's GOP voters ahead of Tuesday's Sunshine State presidential primary: undeclared, uncommitted and undecided. ...more

January 26, 2008

With nomination contests in lily-white Iowa and New Hampshire settled, minority voting power now moves into the spotlight. ...more

January 13, 2008