"How," Rudy Giuliani asked a sweaty crowd of snowbirds and Northeastern transplants in Estero, Fla., the other day, "can you not be happy when you're here?" ...more

January 27, 2008

In a dramatic surprise Saturday night, Gov. Charlie Crist handed John McCain an endorsement in Florida's GOP presidential primary that could prove crucial in Tuesday's tight race. ...more

January 27, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - With a close presidential primary looming Tuesday, voters interested in avoiding crowded precincts have one more day to cast early ballots. ...more

January 26, 2008

Mitt Romney's recent victory in Nevada and victories in Michigan and Wyoming have given him the lead over all other Republican candidates. Combined with solid silver victories in Iowa and New Hampshire, Mitt has secured the most total votes cast for any of the Republican candidates and the most delegate counts. These results are the direct effect of Mitt's long being the best and most qualified Republican candidate on the ballot. As governor, he transformed a nearly $3 billion debt into a $1 billion surplus; turned around the economy and helped create approximately 60,000 jobs; provided market-driven health insurance coverage without a government takeover and without raising taxes; created a scholarship program rewarding the highest performing high school seniors with four-year, full-tuition scholarships to any in-state public university or college. ...more

January 26, 2008

In the last four days, I have been called three times by Rudy Giuliani, twice by Mitt Romney and once each by three of the other candidates. I have been called by candidates endorsing other candidates. What's next? Will they dig up dead relatives and old girlfriends to entice me to vote for them? ...more

January 26, 2008

TAMPA - The final GOP presidential debate before Florida's crucial Tuesday primary proved to be a civil affair, but tested the candidates on topics from the tumbling U.S. economy and the Iraq war to a national catastrophic insurance fund. ...more

January 25, 2008

A new poll shows Mitt Romney jumping to a lead in Florida's Republican presidential primary, trailed closely by John McCain, with Rudy Giuliani and Mike Huckabee trailing. ...more

January 25, 2008

Mitt Romney returned to Tampa on Wednesday, stressing his business resume to gain the upper hand on Sen. John McCain and other GOP presidential foes as the slumping economy may be fast surpassing national security as the top issue. ...more

January 24, 2008

AVON PARK — Ann Romney doesn't like to talk about politics, but she did tell a crowd of about 125 that her husband, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, is the kind of man who loves his family. "His children and grandchildren are what makes his life rich and fulfilled," his wife said. They've known each other since elementary school, said Ann Romney, 58, an attractive, slender blonde in a black pantsuit and silver pearls. She appeared at Iris & Butterflies, 207 Circle Park Drive, on Wednesday morning, and spent an hour talking to the crowd that gathered in the back room. ...more

January 24, 2008

Republican White House contender Willard Mitt Romney is stumping Florida after his victory in the Jan. 15 Michigan primary. He won there largely by posing as a high-priest of prosperity. ...more

January 24, 2008