To read some of the commentary, and the speculation that passes for reporting, you would think that female voters have lemon chiffon between the ears. ...more

September 11, 2008

In her first appearance in Tampa since losing the Democratic presidential nomination, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton strongly endorsed Sen. Barack Obama on Monday, but refused to criticize the newer woman on the presidential campaign scene, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. ...more

September 9, 2008

In her first appearance in Tampa since losing the Democratic presidential nomination, Hillary Rodham Clinton strongly endorsed Barack Obama Monday, but refused to criticize the newer woman on the presidential campaign scene, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. ...more

September 8, 2008

With the finish line of the long presidential race in sight, the battle for Florida and other key swing states now becomes a two-month sprint, with voters having a choice now of not only ideology, but also history. ...more

September 7, 2008

Sandy Goodman was deeply disappointed when Hillary Rodham Clinton didn't get the Democratic nomination, then again when she was bypassed for the VP spot. So Goodman, a longtime Florida Democrat, flirted with thoughts of shunning Barack Obama, and perhaps even voting Republican. ...more

September 6, 2008

Because I have spent a better part of my life hanging around the hustings as a scribbler, there have been times when I have deluded myself into thinking that, in another life, I would have made a pretty fair-to-middling political consultant. ...more

September 2, 2008

Hoping to win back the White House in November, Democrats in August are, in Obama's phrase, turning the page. ...more

August 27, 2008

Hoping to win back the White House in November, Democrats in August are, in Obama's phrase, turning the page. ...more

August 27, 2008

Hillary Rodham Clinton's supporters had mixed reactions Saturday to the selection of Joe Biden as the Democrats' vice presidential candidate. ...more

August 24, 2008

It is "pretty likely" Florida's 210 delegates will have full voting rights at the Democratic National Convention, says the co-chairman of the panel that will decide that issue. ...more

August 19, 2008