In announcing another quixotic, third-party presidential bid Sunday on "Meet the Press," Ralph Nader, the Harold Stassen of the modern era, asked why so many in the "liberal intelligentsia" condemn him for discussing important issues the two major parties ignore. ...more

February 26, 2008

Ralph Nader is launching a third-party campaign for president. ...more

February 24, 2008

I have just finished reading Greg Palast's "The Best Democracy Money Can Buy" and if you are interested in how your government really works, I recommend it. However, it has made me eat my words. I once said that "Dubya" was not good at anything he did. After reading this book I find that he is really good indeed at sleazy, manipulative, underhanded dirty politics. Oh, I don't give him all the credit. A man of his limited abilities couldn't do this all on his own. No, he had plenty of help. He has been indulged by a powerful and wealthy family who has supported his candidacy for president in every way imaginable. And his advisors were able to manipulate him to their own good and well-being. The rest of us are bearing the fruits of these selfish and failed policies. When I think of the young men and women who faithfully invaded another country and died or were maimed and changed for the rest of their lives, my heart bleeds for them. We are on the brink of recession and in debt to China and Japan among others and the outlook is bleak. So, to whom do we look to save us? ...more

February 19, 2008

Defining Moment? Regarding "How Bunting Shaped GOP Nomination," Tom Jackson, Feb. 14: ...more

February 18, 2008

Ask a dozen die-hard Democrats across the country what Hillary Rodham Clinton can do to beat Barack Obama and win the presidential nomination and they have plenty of ideas - some of them contradictory. ...more

February 18, 2008

Already chastened and now contrite, disgraced former circuit judge John Kenneth Renke III will have to stop practicing law for 30 days as further punishment for misleading voters and accepting illegal campaign money. ...more

February 15, 2008

Gov. Charlie Crist has designated dates for Tampa Bay area voters to elect a new representative for state House District 55. ...more

February 15, 2008

As Sens. John McCain and Hillary Rodham Clinton accused Sen. Barack Obama of using rhetoric that lacks specifics or fails to yield results, Obama countered on Wednesday by offering a detailed plan to spend $210 billion to create jobs in construction and environmentally friendly fields. ...more

February 14, 2008

There will be a race to replace outgoing Mayor Hutch Brock on the city commission. ...more

February 9, 2008

Despite John McCain's building political momentum, Mitt Romney said Saturday he does not expect the Republican presidential nomination to be settled during the coming week and he is planning to continue campaigning beyond Super Tuesday. ...more

February 3, 2008