Still popular in Florida, former Gov. Jeb Bush said Wednesday that he's interested in the seat Sen. Mel Martinez is giving up, and the field of possible candidates could quickly narrow to make way for the president's younger brother. ...more

December 3, 2008

In a fiercely contentious debate, Mitt Romney tried to halt the momentum propelling Sen. John McCain after his victory in the Florida primary by charging in a debate Wednesday that McCain's positions on immigration, campaign finance and the environment were "outside the mainstream of conservative Republican thought." ...more

January 31, 2008

"How," Rudy Giuliani asked a sweaty crowd of snowbirds and Northeastern transplants in Estero, Fla., the other day, "can you not be happy when you're here?" ...more

January 27, 2008

After Sen. John McCain's victory here Tuesday, the Republican field is more scrambled than ever, with the battleground now shifting to a series of states where each of the leading candidates thinks he holds certain advantages. ...more

January 9, 2008

Mike Huckabee's defeat of Mitt Romney in the Iowa caucuses jolted a Republican Party establishment already distressed about the state of its presidential field. ...more

January 5, 2008

Sen. Barack Obama swept to victory in the Iowa caucuses Thursday night, pushing Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton to third place and taking a major stride in a historic bid to become the nation's first black president. ...more

January 4, 2008

Mitt Romney asked the nation on Thursday not to reject his presidential candidacy because of his religion, assuring evangelical Christians and other religious voters that his values matched theirs in a speech that used the word "Mormon" only once. ...more

December 7, 2007

Fred Thompson got a strong endorsement from gun control opponent Bill Bunting, who's also chairman of the Pasco County Republican Party, during a campaign stop Friday. ...more

September 15, 2007