Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has put the "brutal" 2008 campaign behind her and has the next presidential race in her sights, with a flurry of national television interviews and a high-profile appearance at the Republican Governors Association meeting this week. ...more

November 12, 2008

Gov. Sarah Palin denounced anonymous criticisms leveled at her by former John McCain aides as lies, including allegations that Republican lawyers were traveling to Alaska to reclaim her high-priced wardrobe and that she didn't know Africa was a continent. ...more

November 8, 2008

Preliminary results from a national Associated Press exit poll of voters in Tuesday's elections: ...more

November 5, 2008

Fidel Castro praised Barack Obama Tuesday as smarter and less warlike than John McCain, but stopped short of endorsing either U.S. presidential candidate. ...more

November 4, 2008

Amtrak ridership continues to increase nationwide and on the Silver Star through Tampa as travelers seek alternatives to paying costly gasoline prices. ...more

November 3, 2008

Just a few days ago, during early voting, Elections Supervisor Joe Campbell got a complaint. A voter claimed the poll worker tried to look at the completed ballot. ...more

November 3, 2008

Two very different campaign rallies were held in Tampa on Sunday. Singer Jimmy Buffett led a raucous crowd at a free Last Chance For Change rally at the Ford Amphitheatre, urging people (particularly Barack Obama supporters) to vote. At a more sedate affair, former GOP presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani made a pitch for John McCain. ...more

November 3, 2008

Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden and his wife Jill are set to visit Florida to talk at rallies throughout the state. ...more

November 2, 2008

There are two ends of the political spectrum in this country. No, not Democrats and Republicans, but something more basic - those who are interested in politics and those who aren't. ...more

November 1, 2008

John McCain, the Republican candidate, is fond of asking, Who is Barack Obama? Let's turn that question on him. Various media outlets and pundits talk about what an honorable man Sen. McCain is. I say evidence is quite to the contrary. ...more

October 28, 2008