Sure, Election Day 2009 will scare moderate Democrats and make passage of Obamacare more difficult. Sure, it makes it easier for resurgent Republicans to raise money and recruit candidates for 2010. But the most important effect of last week's elections is historical. It demolishes the great realignment myth of 2008. ...more

November 8, 2009

I am a young American who, among other things, is both gay and Republican. Like 25 to 30 percent of gay and lesbian Americans, I have voted almost exclusively for Republican candidates for the last 10 years because I believe in limited government, individual rights, personal liberty, individual responsibility, a strong national defense, a free market economy, fiscal responsibility and lower taxes. ...more

October 26, 2009

Eight years of frustration are close to an end for scientists seeking ways to use embryonic stem cells to combat illness and injury. ...more

March 7, 2009

WASHINGTON — President Bush has called Barack Obama to congratulate him on winning the presidency. ...more

November 4, 2008

It was 5 p.m. at the Alice Hall Community Center in Zephyrhills and more ducks were being fed outside the building than humans casting ballots inside. An estimated 1,200 voters were expected at the precinct on Election Day, but with two hours until the polls closed, just over 600 voters had been through the doors. ...more

November 4, 2008

Republican John McCain and his supporters on Monday branded Democrat Barack Obama a liberal and criticized feminists and the media as they rallied their conservative base in Missouri, a hotly contested bellwether state, two weeks before the election. ...more

October 21, 2008

Florida Democrats now have a more than 600,000-person advantage in registered voters over Republicans, nearly double the gap between the two parties' registered voters since the last presidential election. ...more

October 19, 2008

Will Oliver Stone's new movie about the current Republican president have any impact on the race between two men who want to be the next president? ...more

October 16, 2008

Sen. John McCain of Arizona, acknowledging that he's an underdog in the race for president, hopes to put together a more aggressive campaign in the final 22 days to make a comeback nationally and in Florida. ...more

October 14, 2008

Sen. John McCain of Arizona, acknowledging that he's an underdog in the race for president, hopes to put together a more aggressive campaign in the final 22 days to make a comeback nationally and in Florida. ...more

October 13, 2008