By edging out Hillary Rodham Clinton for second place in the Iowa Democratic caucuses, John Edwards has kept his second bid for the presidential nomination alive - for now. ...more

January 5, 2008

Preliminary results of a survey conducted for The Associated Press among voters arriving at the Iowa caucuses Thursday night: ...more

January 4, 2008

THE VILLAGES - Retirees zip around in personalized golf carts from polo matches to the basket-weaving club to Wal-Mart. Days of the week are denoted by tee times. Sunset is washed down with a cold beer or margarita at outdoor happy hour. The backdrop is a town square, where a faux-rustic facade and classic oldies pumping from speakers festooned on street lamp posts make visitors wonder if Gene Kelly might emerge for an encore of "Singin' in the Rain." ...more

November 19, 2007

TAMPA - A new poll of likely Republican voters in Florida shows late-entry candidate Fred Thompson within one point of frontrunner Rudy Giuliani in the race for the GOP presidential nomination. ...more

September 20, 2007

Fred Thompson, the attorney turned politician, turned actor, is trying a return to politics via the 2008 presidential race. The former U.S. senator from Tennessee is scheduled to be in West Pasco this Friday evening to attend the annual Pasco Republican Party Reagan Day Dinner. Since by most accounts Thompson is trying to assume the Ronald Reagan mantle, the Reagan Day event is appropriate. ...more

September 12, 2007