A last-ditch plea by Florida Democrats to allow their presidential candidates to campaign in Florida this weekend - including a televised debate Sunday - seems unlikely to get a positive response. ...more

January 23, 2008

It seems ironic that the political party that claimed to want every Florida vote to count in 2000 now thinks Florida voters no longer matter. In the hectic days following the 2000 election, Democrats were so desperate for votes in Florida they were arguing that under-votes ballots with no presidential candidate selected should be counted as a vote for Al Gore. ...more

January 20, 2008

Which way will Hernando go? The conscientious among the electorate will begin to answer that question on Monday, the first day of early voting for the Jan. 29 presidential primary election. ...more

January 12, 2008

Florida is having a dismal decade when it comes to presidential primaries. In 2000, Floridians voted in Republican and Democratic primaries on March 14. But the races had effectively ended four days earlier. ...more

January 6, 2008

Before heading to that New Year's Eve party Monday, don't forget: Dec. 31 also is the deadline to register to vote in January's presidential primaries. ...more

December 27, 2007

Florida may not have any Democratic delegates at the party's national convention next year, but it will have a huge influence in choosing the eventual nominee, political strategists said Sunday at the state party convention. ...more

October 29, 2007

Sen. Bill Nelson told Florida Democrats on Saturday that the national party sanctions and candidate boycott against Florida and the boycott of the state's primary by presidential candidates, if not ended, will hurt the party's chances of winning Florida in the 2008 election. ...more

October 28, 2007

The Democratic presidential candidates' boycott of the Florida Democratic Party's state convention this weekend in Orlando has hurt party enthusiasm and may harm the Democratic nominee's chances of winning the state in November, some party activists fear. ...more

October 27, 2007

Howard Dean came to Florida Tuesday to raise money for his party and to make peace with the state's Democrats. He tried to make light of his decision to disenfranchise Democratic voters, calling it a spat between politicians that will be quickly forgotten - an insulting position likely to alienate voters further. ...more

October 11, 2007

National Democratic Party chairman Howard Dean waded into hostile territory Tuesday with a Tallahassee fundraiser and news conference where he played down the importance of the Florida presidential primary fiasco. ...more

October 10, 2007