TAMPA - Barack Obama plans to make one or two other local stops today after his economic town hall campaign appearance in St. Petersburg this morning, but campaign officials as of late Thursday wouldn't say where. ...more

July 31, 2008

It is a privilege to spend 90 minutes with the president of the United States. It is frustrating, though, when 90 percent of those minutes are declared off the record. ...more

July 7, 2008

When Congress started fashioning a sweeping rescue package for struggling homeowners this year, 2.6 million loans were in trouble. But the problem has grown considerably in just six months and is continuing to worsen. ...more

June 29, 2008

Two years ago, President Bush declared that America was "addicted to oil," and, by gosh, he was going to do something about it. Well, now he has. Now we have the new Bush energy plan: "Get more addicted to oil." ...more

June 25, 2008

As gigs go in this troubled economy, it's not so bad being a profoundly unpopular lame-duck president. ...more

June 22, 2008

As gigs go in this troubled economy, it's not so bad being a profoundly unpopular lame-duck president. ...more

June 21, 2008

One of the advantages of senior citizenship is that I've heard it all before - for at least the last 65 years. ...more

June 14, 2008

One of the advantages of senior citizenship is that I've heard it all before..... ...more

June 14, 2008

Top Democratic leaders intend to push for a quick end to the battle for the presidential nomination when primaries are over next week, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Thursday, adding that he, Speaker Nancy Pelosi and party chairman Howard Dean will urge uncommitted delegates to choose sides. ...more

May 30, 2008

Although Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and her advisers insist that she is determined to win the Democratic nomination, former President Clinton, for one, has begun privately musing about a different outcome for her: As Sen. Barack Obama's running mate. ...more

May 23, 2008