TAMPA Gov. Charlie Crist said Tuesday he's waiting until after Florida's legislative session ends in May to announce whether he will enter the U.S. Senate race, a statement that suggested to several political insiders that he's inclined to run. ...more

February 4, 2009

Launching an all-out media blitz as his impeachment trial draws near, Gov. Rod Blagojevich compared himself Friday to an honest, hardworking cowboy and said he was about to be lynched by a band of black-hatted political insiders eager to raise taxes. ...more

January 24, 2009

It's happening again. We knew it would. As the presidential race narrows to a handful of states where the two candidates are clawing to get over the top, Florida would be each man's top prize. And the Tampa Bay area is their key to Florida. ...more

October 26, 2008

A new poll by Mason-Dixon Polling & Research for The Tampa Tribune and other Florida news agencies shows Barack Obama leading John McCain in Florida by 2 points, less than the margin of error and therefore statistically a tie. ...more

October 8, 2008

The "Straight Talk Express" has detoured into doublespeak. Republican presidential nominee John McCain, a self-proclaimed tell-it-like-it-is maverick, keeps saying his running mate, Sarah Palin, killed the federally funded Bridge to Nowhere when, in fact, she pulled her support only after the project became a political embarrassment. ...more

September 12, 2008

Before he was a journalist, Tim Russert, who died suddenly Friday, was a pol. In both incarnations, he was a pro's pro. Throughout, he was an awfully good guy. ...more

June 17, 2008

Barack Obama, who appears to be the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, faces a tough challenge in winning Florida, political insiders and experts say. ...more

June 4, 2008

Barack Obama will return to the Tampa Bay area Wednesday with a wary eye on whether to contest a state he spurned and which, in recent electoral history, has tilted Republican. ...more

May 18, 2008

John McCain became the Republican presidential front-runner, and Florida homeowners got a smidgen of property tax relief, but the big winner in Tuesday's Florida primary may have been Gov. Charlie Crist. ...more

January 31, 2008

Rudy Giuliani probably will benefit most from the smorgasbord of conflicting presidential endorsements this week by social and religious conservatives, according to a handful of political insiders in the Florida conservative movement. ...more

November 10, 2007