Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin played down thoughts of a 2012 presidential run Thursday, but still told a gathering of Republican governors that she and the other GOP state leaders must show the nation and the Obama administration the way on issues. ...more

November 14, 2008

In studying the presidential polls for this battleground state, former Florida Gov. Bob Martinez recalls the day Republican Sen. John McCain's campaign began its stunning, discouraging decline. ...more

October 19, 2008

With land prices tanking, environmentalists say now is the time to pounce on a depressed real estate market to preserve thousands more acres for wildlife, water protection and quality of life. ...more

October 18, 2008

Wednesday afternoon, a slender blonde woman in business attire stood proudly in front of an audience at the Palace Grand in Spring Hill. ...more

October 2, 2008

Charlie Crist, who was considered a possible running mate to Republican presidential candidate John McCain before Sarah Palin got the nod, is one of several Florida governors who had a chance at the second top spot and lost it. ...more

September 14, 2008

Some political pundits have said that if it were not for his last name, he might have been the Republican nominee for president this year. But former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush tells me he is happy to support the McCain-Palin ticket, which he predicts, perhaps predictably, will win. Of Gov. Sarah Palin, he says, "She has generated so much enthusiasm, which was the one element of the campaign that was completely missing." ...more

September 14, 2008

The secrecy that enshrouded Florida Gov. Charlie Crist's plan to buy out U.S. Sugar now threatens to undermine this critical effort to save the Everglades. ...more

September 13, 2008

The high point of the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis-Saint Paul this week will be Sen. John McCain's acceptance speech on the last night. Florida Gov. Charlie Crist and U.S. Sen. Mel Martinez will speak just before John McCain accepts the Republican nomination for president Thursday evening. ...more

August 31, 2008

DENVER - The presidential race in Florida is locked in a dead heat, according to a poll out today, showing Barack Obama with a lead of a single percentage point. ...more

August 28, 2008

The presidential race in Florida is locked in a dead heat, according to a poll out today, showing Barack Obama with a lead of a single percentage point. ...more

August 28, 2008