Presidential candidate John McCain isn't happy about having to explain why the Republican Party has had to buy running mate Sarah Palin $150,000 in clothes, hair styling and accessories. ...more

October 24, 2008

Presidential candidate John McCain isn't happy about having to explain why the Republican Party has had to spend $150,000 on clothes, hairstyling and accessories for running mate Sarah Palin. ...more

October 23, 2008

As the kids go, so goes the nation. Well, almost. In the past five presidential elections, the young fans of the Nickelodeon network have only missed the mark once. ...more

October 22, 2008

Republican John McCain may have stayed on the offensive during his final debate with Democrat Barack Obama, but for the last 19 days of the presidential campaign he will be playing nothing but defense. ...more

October 17, 2008

At a rally here Friday, Republican John McCain hit opponent Barack Obama over taxes, spending and health care, and accused him of dodging "serious and legitimate questions" about his record. ...more

October 11, 2008

Democrat Barack Obama outspent Republican John McCain by more than 3-1 on TV advertisements in Florida last week, with Tampa representing his second-busiest target market for ads nationally, a study shows. ...more

October 9, 2008

Here's the latest evidence that Florida - and Tampa, especially - is a key presidential battleground: the amount of money Barack Obama and John McCain continue to spend on TV ads. ...more

September 19, 2008

Charles Hobbs is a Democrat who votes in nearly every election. So when the 79-year-old Plant City man got a letter in the mail asking him to donate money to the Republican Party, he figured they must have had him mixed up with someone else. ...more

September 18, 2008

Sen. Barack Obama raised more money in August than any presidential candidate has ever recorded in a one-month period, with his campaign disclosing Sunday that it collected $66 million and drew 500,000 first-time donors to his candidacy. ...more

September 15, 2008

Barack Obama's presidential campaign said it raised $10 million Thursday after the Republican National Convention speech by rival John McCain's running mate, Sarah Palin. ...more

September 5, 2008