Major League Baseball has agreed to postpone the first pitch of Game 6 of the World Series by about 15 minutes in order to enable Fox to join CBS and NBC in running Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's 30-minute infomercial Oct. 29. ...more

October 16, 2008

Bill Bunting has decided destruction of Republican campaign signs has gone too far. Bunting, chairman of the Pasco County Republican Executive Committee, said the local party is offering a $1,000 reward for the arrest and conviction of anyone responsible for defacing signs promoting presidential candidate John McCain, U.S. Rep. Gus Bilirakis or any other Republican candidate. The reward also can be collected for fingering vandals who target Republican homes. Bunting reported that someone spray painted Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's name, along with a vulgarity, on the Port Richey house of a McCain supporter. Pasco Democrats don't plan to offer any rewards, but they also are having a problem, though not with graffiti on houses. ...more

October 16, 2008

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama endorsed the federal government's plan to invest $250 billion in the nation's banks, saying it will strengthen the financial system and give taxpayers some extra protection. ...more

October 15, 2008

Democrat Barack Obama proposed more immediate steps Monday to heal the nation's ailing economy, including a 90-day moratorium on home foreclosures at some banks and a two-year tax break for businesses that create new jobs. ...more

October 14, 2008

John McCain and Barack Obama outlined steps to counter the faltering economy and plummeting stock market last week, fresh evidence of the dominant role of pocketbook issues in their race for the White House. Here's a look: ...more

October 12, 2008

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama discussed his tax plan and strategies for saving Social Security during an interview today with News Channel 8 anchor Keith Cate. ...more

October 9, 2008

particularly in swing states such as Florida, where Hispanics make up 11 to 14 percent of the people who go to the polls. ...more

October 8, 2008

For the second day in a row, rock star Bruce Springsteen sang a few songs and urged thousands of potential voters in a battleground state to register and support Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. ...more

October 6, 2008

Republican Sarah Palin criticized a version of a Barack Obama health care plan that doesn't exist and Democrat Joe Biden clung to a misleading charge about Republicans and big oil when the two clashed in the vice presidential debate Thursday. ...more

October 4, 2008

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama sought to score a quick post-debate advantage Saturday by traveling to two Republican-leaning states and accusing GOP rival John McCain of being out of touch with middle-class Americans. ...more

September 28, 2008