JORDAN - Jordan, Israel and Germany aren't normally known as swing states in a presidential campaign. But Barack Obama's off to a fast start in his attempt to change that with an election-season tour designed to show him as a potential commander in chief, equally comfortable sitting down - presidential style - with kings and other foreign leaders. ...more

July 22, 2008

When write-in candidates manipulate the election process by slamming precinct doors on voters, as they've done to 280,000 people in Pasco and Hillsborough counties this election season, it's time to fight back. ...more

July 21, 2008

Leaving aside for a moment the obvious difficulties facing Republican candidates this election season, much of what ails the campaign at the tip-top of the GOP ticket could be found Thursday night in, of all places, the kickoff event on behalf of John McCain in Pasco County. ...more

July 20, 2008

These are distasteful times for anyone who shares the responsibility for reconciling the bottom line. With the well-established exception of folks who ship their wares through the Strait of Hormuz, budgets are in the, well, tank. The proverbial wolf, brandishing a gas can and a bill for corn-diverting ethanol subsidies, bangs at every door. ...more

July 18, 2008

TAMPA - A largely young, racially diverse crowd of several hundred people chanting "Yes we can" at the top of their lungs showed up for the opening of Barack Obama's statewide campaign headquarters in an Ybor City office building this afternoon. ...more

July 16, 2008

To begin with, if this sounds like an obituary, I apologize. That's not my intent. It's just that sometimes there's a bit of sadness when change comes after years of good times. ...more

July 13, 2008

NEW YORK - Veteran news anchor Tom Brokaw will moderate NBC's "Meet the Press" through the November election in the place of the late Tim Russert, the network announced Sunday. ...more

June 22, 2008

Leave it to Pasco County Republican Party Chairman Bill Bunting to use a hammer instead of gentlemanly diplomacy to promote GOP candidates this election season. ...more

June 1, 2008

Publishers of children's magazines are using the high-profile human presidential races to promote their passion for nutrition. ...more

May 23, 2008

This municipal election season, incumbents Deborah Kynes and Julie Ward Bujalski and political newcomer Tony Scruton are vying for two open seats on the Dunedin City Commission. At 11:30 a.m. this Monday, Feb. 25, the Dunedin Chamber of Commerce members will meet the candidates at the group's quarterly luncheon, at the Dunedin Country Club. ...more

February 23, 2008