President Barack Obama took questions from the White House press corps on Tuesday in a prime-time, East Room session that represented the most formal and time-honored of president-and-reporter interactions. On Thursday, he is taking to that same room for another public grilling — this time by regular folks armed with questions submitted via the Internet and in person, as part of a political strategy to engage Americans directly. ...more

March 26, 2009

To make up for losing the recent referendum for change in the nation's governance, the losers have come up with a snappy comeback: a coup. ...more

November 23, 2008

Presidential candidate John McCain isn't happy about having to explain why the Republican Party has had to buy running mate Sarah Palin $150,000 in clothes, hair styling and accessories. ...more

October 24, 2008

Saying John McCain has been a "sidekick," not a maverick, Democratic vice presidential nominee Joe Biden got aggressive toward the Republican ticket in a speech at the University of South Florida on Wednesday. ...more

October 9, 2008

So the GOP has found its issue for the 2008 election. For the next three months the party plans to keep chanting: "Drill here! Drill now! Drill here! Drill now! Four legs good, two legs bad!" OK, I added that last part. ...more

August 13, 2008

TAMPA - A largely young, racially diverse crowd of several hundred people chanting "Yes we can" at the top of their lungs showed up for the opening of Barack Obama's statewide campaign headquarters in an Ybor City office building this afternoon. ...more

July 16, 2008