"You said it about McCain, but I'm going to say it about your guy, insert sleazy, declasse racial image here, if he wins this race," wrote R. Vanhoose, who will never be confused with Coretta Scott King. "We're all doomed!" ...more

November 9, 2008

Vice presidential power was a term of mirth in governments past. Not anymore. Vice President Dick Cheney may be the nearest thing we have had to a deputy president. ...more

November 2, 2008

With only three days left before the Nov. 4 general election, Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin is making campaign stops in New Port Richey, Polk City and Ocala today. ...more

November 1, 2008

Joe the Attorney, a partner of a law firm with offices in Tampa and St. Petersburg and a friend of This Space, has had about enough of the campaign season, but not for the reasons one might expect. ...more

October 8, 2008

Many years ago, President Reagan nominated Judge Bork to be a Supreme Court justice. ...more

September 6, 2008

For many years, reality was out of vogue with Republicans. They ignored the reality of Iraq and Katrina, of Pakistan and Osama bin Laden. ...more

September 4, 2008

Enough with the speculation about Gov. Charlie Crist's chances to be John McCain's running mate. ...more

July 9, 2008

Enough with the speculation about Gov. Charlie Crist's chances to be John McCain's running mate. ...more

July 9, 2008

"Not Exactly a Crime" is the title of a book on America's vice presidents published in 1972 - a year before Vice President Spiro Agnew was forced to resign for actually committing a crime. ...more

July 2, 2008

When one of the biggest political albatrosses around Charlie Crist's neck is the perception he's a bigger empty suit than Gen. Halftrack, you would think the governor would take great pains to avoid making Dan Quayle look like a Renaissance scholar by comparison. ...more

June 26, 2008