In an example of Florida's high-profile role at the Democratic National convention, a parade of six Floridians including Tampa's freshman Rep. Kathy Castor grabbed national exposure with podium speeches Wednesday. ...more

August 28, 2008

Some of Florida's delegates didn't see their votes count, after all. Florida Democratic Party chair Karen Thurman first announced on the convention floor that her state cast 136 of its votes for Barack Obama, 51 for Hillary Clinton, with one abstention. ...more

August 27, 2008

Hoping to win back the White House in November, Democrats in August are, in Obama's phrase, turning the page. ...more

August 27, 2008

Hoping to win back the White House in November, Democrats in August are, in Obama's phrase, turning the page. ...more

August 27, 2008

In the over-hyped week before Obama announced his VP choice, I shocked myself by realizing I was harboring a secret hope that he'd choose Hillary Clinton. ...more

August 26, 2008

From the time of Homer's heroic, swift-footed Achilles, the best of the best have sought the immortality of fame and glory. Today, 3,000 years later, thanks to the internet, the rest of mankind can obtain a good dose of fame - if not glory - via some key stroking. A new-found dimension of celebrity has even become a presidential campaign issue, what with John McCain's recent ad about his rival and the unexpected Paris Hilton rejoinder. ...more

August 25, 2008

Joan Atkins of Palm Harbor says Barack Obama's "socialistic agenda illustrates that he is seemingly unqualified to become our nation's next president." ...more

August 23, 2008

Do you sometimes feel a little like the Army private who was being admonished by the colonel for not showing up for a war? The private replied, "Sir, I didn't get the memo." Of course, the private still went to the brig. ...more

August 21, 2008

Turns out Democratic primary loser Hillary Rodham Clinton will get time to shine at the party's national convention after all - and quite a bit of it. ...more

August 15, 2008

When I heard people heckling Barack Obama during his campaign stop at Gibbs High School in St. Petersburg last Friday, my first thought was they were Hillary Clinton supporters or conservatives out to make life miserable for the liberal Democrat. As it turned out, the six Obama-haters weren't from the right wing but from the far left - and just happened to be black. ...more

August 10, 2008