Democrats will be rallying around Alex Sink as their best hope to win back the governor's mansion. Sink, who now serves as Florida's chief financial officer, will be one of the featured speakers at a state party fundraiser Saturday night. ...more

May 30, 2009

The Senate confirmed a cluster of President Barack Obama's nominees to government posts on Thursday, including his secretaries of housing and transportation and members of his economic and environmental teams. But his picks for attorney general and deputy defense secretary remained mired by questions over interrogation methods and ethics. ...more

January 22, 2009

Buoyed by Barack Obama's victory in Florida last month, state Democratic Party Chairman Karen Thurman on Saturday took aim at one of her next targets: Gov. Charlie Crist. ...more

December 21, 2008

Buoyed by Barack Obama's victory in Florida last month, state Democratic Party Chairman Karen Thurman on Saturday took aim at one of her next targets: Gov. Charlie Crist. ...more

December 20, 2008

Enough euphoria. ...more

November 8, 2008

A case of post-election nerves sent stocks plunging Wednesday as investors, anxious about a recession, are wondering what impact a Barack Obama presidency will have on business and the overall economy. The Dow Jones industrials fell 486.01, or 5.05 percent, to 9,139.27. All other major indexes tumbled, too. ...more

November 6, 2008

Women, not men, will save the world. First Lady Laura Bush didn't say those precise words, but her remarks Monday to a small gathering of biographers, historians and journalists implied as much. ...more

November 1, 2008