Florida's decision to move up its presidential primary helped to give Republicans a clearer front-runner headed into next week's Super Tuesday contests. ...more

January 31, 2008

While Republican presidential candidates battle for the votes of Floridians, the Democratic candidates, sworn not to campaign here, are battling over whether the primary matters. ...more

January 28, 2008

This time, it really matters. Starting about mid-January, the national political spotlight will focus on Florida with a laser-like intensity we haven't seen since the infamous 2000 presidential recount. ...more

January 6, 2008

Starting Jan. 14, Floridians will get to do something they haven't done in more than a decade: Cast a meaningful vote in a presidential primary. ...more

January 6, 2008

Starting Jan. 14, Floridians will get to do something they haven't done in more than a decade: Cast a meaningful vote in a presidential primary. ...more

January 6, 2008

HUNTER'S GREEN - For years, Frank Margarella has been one of the most respected community leaders in New Tampa, and he appeared poised for a seat on the Tampa City Council. At the start of the year, he led a three-man race in fundraising for the election campaign and was beginning to pick up endorsements. Then in February, questions surfaced about how the New Tampa real estate agent was spending those funds and why so much of it went to Hunter's Green Golf & Country Club. ...more

January 2, 2008

In his two turns as prime minister in the 1990s, Nawaz Sharif tried to endear himself to Pakistan's people with populist policies and did little to please the United States and other foreign allies. He might yet get the chance to repeat that role. ...more

January 2, 2008

No one personifies the Sunshine State quite like Charlie Crist. It's "the golden age of the Florida Legislature," the governor said over and over this year. Property taxes were going to "drop like a rock." Last week's water summit with governors from Georgia and Alabama yielded "tremendous progress," and next month's referendum on tax relief is going to pass. ...more

December 30, 2007

A lawsuit by state House Speaker Marco Rubio against Gov. Charlie Crist over Indian gambling in Florida has brought a growing political rift between the two into the open. ...more

December 2, 2007

Mitt Romney once said financing his own campaign would be a 'nightmare.' Writing checks, he said this week, is 'painful.' ...more

October 6, 2007