Where were the tea baggers when President Reagan tripled the national debt? (Baggers consider him God-like.) ...more

September 23, 2009

Can a strategy that helps Republicans get re-elected be bad for their party? ...more

March 2, 2009

George P. Bush may not be ready to follow his father, grandfather and uncle into politics just yet, but he is trying to help the Republican Party regain a conservative message, which on Saturday included criticism of Florida Gov. Charlie Crist. ...more

February 21, 2009

TALLAHASSEE (AP) - New President Barack Obama is almost as popular with Floridians as Gov. Charlie Crist. ...more

February 20, 2009

A majority of Florida voters like President Barack Obama even though they aren't sure that the stimulus plan he pushed through Congress will work and don't think it will help them personally. ...more

February 20, 2009

A majority of Florida voters like President Barack Obama even though they aren't sure that the stimulus plan he pushed though Congress will work, and don't think that it will help them personally. ...more

February 19, 2009

Gov. Charlie Crist confirmed today he'll introduce President Barack Obama at a town hall meeting in Fort Myers Tuesday, where Obama will appear to push his economic stimulus package. ...more

February 9, 2009

The root cause of our current economic disaster is very rich people continually getting much richer at the expense of nearly everyone else. While some of this is attributable to recognizing and exploiting legitimate opportunities, much is a result of stacking the deck. Years of deregulation crippled government oversight while Congress rewarded the rich with generous tax cuts while the deficit and debt soared. Hedge funds, totally unregulated leveraged markets providing astronomic profits for their investors. Wall Streeters and CEOs rewarded themselves with multi-million salaries and bonuses while the rest of us lost ground. Privatizing and the Iraq war created opportunities for lavishing government funds on favored private entities, all accomplished under the aegis of the Republican Congress and the Bush White House. ...more

January 24, 2009

Rarely have lawmakers confronted an agenda as ambitious as the one Congress will face upon convening this week, with an incoming president pushing to stabilize an economy on the brink of long-term recession, to create universal health coverage and to overhaul federal energy policies. ...more

January 5, 2009

President-elect Barack Obama urged congressional leaders Saturday to move quickly on an economic recovery plan, even as some Republicans are saying they want more time to review the details. ...more

January 4, 2009