Sen. John McCain and his Republican allies are readying a newly aggressive assault on Sen. Barack Obama's character, believing that to win in November they must shift the conversation back to questions about the Democrat's judgment, honesty and personal associations, several top Republicans said. ...more

October 4, 2008

In the summer of 2004, the conservative gadfly Jerome R. Corsi shot to the top of the best-seller lists as co-author of "Unfit for Command," the book attacking Sen. John Kerry's record on a Vietnam War Swift boat that began the larger, damaging campaign against Kerry's war credentials as he sought the presidency. ...more

August 13, 2008

Bill Bunting, Florida Republican operative and all-around force of nature, cups his hand over the cell phone for just a second - "Hold on, dere, Guvnuh, I gotta take dis call" - then returns to the line to confess that he is just like at least 10 percent of the state's GOP voters ahead of Tuesday's Sunshine State presidential primary: undeclared, uncommitted and undecided. ...more

January 26, 2008

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential campaign aired a new radio ad here Wednesday that repeated a discredited charge against Sen. Barack Obama in what some Democrats said is part of an increasing pattern of hardball politics by her and former President Clinton. ...more

January 24, 2008

Terrified that voters may get the power to kill development projects, Florida business interests are unleashing an array of political weaponry to defeat the Hometown Democracy initiative. ...more

October 17, 2007