It was the timing that made it so unlikely. On a cloudy, breezy weekday in the middle of December, the idea of a political rally of any kind seemed out of place, especially at a park on the north edge of Plant City. ...more

December 18, 2009

Help us first Editor: I couldn't agree more with the Nov. 21 letter to the editor from Connie Perdue. From the debates, to the political ads, to the town hall meetings, Obama made a lot of promises to the American people. ...more

December 9, 2009

Falling ad revenue and a big one-time charge pushed newspaper and TV station owner Media General Inc. to a third-quarter loss, the company said Wednesday. ...more

October 22, 2009

It's only September and I'm already sick of the political ads on TV. If you listen to any of them, no one running for office is worthy of the position they seek. ...more

September 28, 2008

Every four years we are bombarded by political ads that blame all of the nation's ills on the wealthy. ...more

September 16, 2008

It was a neat idea for targeting a political ad: Hit people with a Barack Obama message about gas prices on those new TV screens that are appearing on top of the pumps at gas stations. ...more

August 7, 2008

TAMPA It was a neat idea for targeting a political ad: Hit people with a Barack Obama message about gas prices on those new TV screens that are appearing on top of the pumps at gas stations. ...more

August 6, 2008

Looking back over the last 40 years, the presidential campaign that most closely resembles this year's is the contest between Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter in 1976. The Republicans were the incumbent presidential party that year, as they are now, but the Democrats had a big advantage in party identification - on the order of 49 percent to 26 percent then, far more than today. ...more

July 20, 2008

Many Iowans I've heard from over the last few months complained about the invasion of their state by presidential candidates and the news media covering them. ...more

January 12, 2008

Mexico's Senate has approved broad electoral reform that would ban political parties from paying for television and radio ads and open the way for independent candidates to run for public office. ...more

September 14, 2007