Gov. Rod Blagojevich says the Illinois House's decision to impeach him was no surprise because he's been engaged in a struggle with lawmakers since his re-election in 2006. ...more

January 9, 2009

WASHINGTON - Republican John McCain, trailing in polls and searching for a way to gain ground, assailed Democratic rival Barack Obama on Friday in a sharply worded TV ad that said: "When convenient, he worked with terrorist Bill Ayers. When discovered, he lied." ...more

October 10, 2008

The U.S. Secret Service is looking into reports that a crowd member yelled,"Kill him!" while Gov. Sarah Palin was talking about Sen. Barack Obama during her Clearwater rally Monday. ...more

October 10, 2008

Gov. Sarah Palin campaigns in Clearwater's Coachman Park during Florida tour. ...more

October 6, 2008

I will likely vote for John McCain, but certainly not because of the column you published by Mr. Stover. He makes it sound like Senator Obama has secretive close ties with a terrorist fugitive named Bill Ayers. This is utter nonsense. Billy Ayers was one of many thousands of militants who railed at American government in the 1960s. Yes, he was prominent in the Weathermen, and yes, he set off a bomb under a statue, but that was over 40 years ago when Obama was perhaps in third grade, and he has apparently mellowed a bit like almost all radicals of his generation. The Bill Ayers with whom Obama has had only limited contact is now a "Distinguished Professor" at the University of Chicago. It is the Bill Ayers picked by Chicago's Mayor Daly to set up an educational reform program in the Windy City, funded by a $50 million grand from the prestigious Annenberg Foundation. ...more

September 15, 2008