The financial crisis has turned the race between Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama into an audition for who could best handle a national economic emergency. ...more

September 19, 2008

Despite John McCain's carefully cultivated image as a maverick who puts principle over politics, his top campaign adviser is a Washington lobbyist who has been the consummate Republican political insider for decades, known for sometimes representing unsavory clients. ...more

July 2, 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

Sen. Hillary Clinton is not inevitable after all, and Mitt Romney, with all his money and vaunted organization, couldn't pull off a victory. ...more

January 5, 2008