In his first interview since conceding the presidential election, Sen. John McCain said Tuesday that Sarah Palin did not damage his presidential bid and he dismissed anonymous criticism aimed at her following their crushing defeat. ...more

November 13, 2008

The 2008 election was an historical event, for certain, but the GOP was just as certain to ensure history repeats itself. ...more

November 12, 2008

Election Day went relatively smoothly at most Plant City area polls, including several where voters slowed to a trickle late in the day, providing procrastinators to cast line-free, eleventh-hour ballots. ...more

November 12, 2008

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has put the "brutal" 2008 campaign behind her and has the next presidential race in her sights, with a flurry of national television interviews and a high-profile appearance at the Republican Governors Association meeting this week. ...more

November 12, 2008

Spineless weasels inside the McCain campaign have begun piling on Gov. Sarah Palin. ...more

November 12, 2008

BURBANK, Calif. - John McCain says Sarah Palin didn't hurt his presidential bid and he attributes anonymous criticism aimed at her following their loss last week to typical campaign sniping. The Arizona senator tells Jay Leno on "The Tonight Show" the Republican ticket faced a tough challenge from the start but disputed that a different vice presidential pick would have changed the outcome. ...more

November 11, 2008

Veterans Day brings Sen. John McCain to Jay Leno, heroes from the Iraq war to MyNetwork TV, and memories of Vietnam and World War II to various cable networks. ...more

November 11, 2008

One thing that is clear in the post-election aftermath is that Florida’s Hispanic voters, by being independent-minded and unpredictable, have become one of the most powerful voting blocs in America. ...more

November 11, 2008

In-person exit polling shows that more and more voters only have cell phones, and increasingly they vote differently from those who still have landlines at home. In 2008, those most likely to be cell-only - younger voters, minorities, people with low income - were among Democrat Barack Obama's strongest supporters. It's the latest indication that excluding cell users - as many pollsters still do - can reduce the accuracy of telephone polls. ...more

November 11, 2008