My husband called it first. Then, a brilliant, 75-year-old scholar and raconteur confessed to me over wine: "I'm sexually attracted to her. I don't care that she knows nothing." ...more

October 25, 2008

Freddie Mac secretly paid a Republican consulting firm $2 million to kill legislation that would have regulated and trimmed the mortgage finance giant and its sister company, Fannie Mae, three years before the government took control to prevent their collapse. ...more

October 20, 2008

Like hundreds of thousands of people, my folks down in south Louisiana spent more than a week without electricity after Hurricane Gustav barreled through. ...more

September 19, 2008

Sunday's on-again, off-again visit of Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin to The Villages, a large retirement community northwest of Orlando, is back on, and open to the public. ...more

September 19, 2008

With the finish line of the long presidential race in sight, the battle for Florida and other key swing states now becomes a two-month sprint, with voters having a choice now of not only ideology, but also history. ...more

September 7, 2008

With the finish line of the long presidential race in sight, the battle for Florida and other key swing states now becomes a two-month sprint, with voters having a choice now of not only ideology, but also history. ...more

September 7, 2008

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- Invigorated by back-to-back political conventions, Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama grappled for the mantle of change Friday as the fall race for the presidency took off in states teeming with the independent voters they needed to win. ...more

September 5, 2008

Despite a push for increased minority involvement in the Florida Republican Party, the Florida delegation to this year's Republican National Convention has seen a sharp drop in black participation, as has the convention as a whole. ...more

September 4, 2008

Despite a push for increased minority involvement in the Florida Republican Party, the Florida delegation to this year's Republican Convention has seen a sharp drop in black participation, as has the convention as a whole. ...more

September 3, 2008

ST. PAUL, Minn. - Democrats in town to staff an aggressive "war room" operation during the GOP convention have instead laid down their arms as Hurricane Gustav bears down on the Gulf Coast. ...more

September 1, 2008