The assassination of Benazir Bhutto in Pakistan jolted the race for the White House on Thursday, sending candidates in both parties scrambling for political advantage while condemning the attack. ...more

December 28, 2007

Florida's most important issues got short shrift during Wednesday night's CNN/YouTube presidential debate in St. Petersburg, but with the Iowa caucuses just five weeks away, the showdown better clarified the differences between the Republican frontrunners. ...more

November 30, 2007

You can look at it either way. Marriages in New York City start with a $1 discount. Or, domestic partnerships are assessed a $1 tax. ...more

October 19, 2007

Illinois Sen. Barack Obama and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani enter the final months of their parties' presidential primary campaigns as the biggest recipients of Tampa Bay area money. ...more

October 17, 2007

Hillary Rodham Clinton defied the usual slow flow of summer money, tapping 100,000 new donors and outpacing all other presidential candidates in the chase for campaign cash over the past three months. ...more

October 3, 2007

Michael B. Mukasey, the retired federal judge from New York chosen by President Bush as his third attorney general, is nobody's idea of a movement conservative. ...more

September 18, 2007

Fred Thompson, the attorney turned politician, turned actor, is trying a return to politics via the 2008 presidential race. The former U.S. senator from Tennessee is scheduled to be in West Pasco this Friday evening to attend the annual Pasco Republican Party Reagan Day Dinner. Since by most accounts Thompson is trying to assume the Ronald Reagan mantle, the Reagan Day event is appropriate. ...more

September 12, 2007