I have to take exception to the quote from Rep. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., who said that if the government steps in to the health care system, "it will eventually push out the private health care plans millions of Americans enjoy today." ...more

March 12, 2009

RECONCILING AFGHANISTAN: President Barack Obama declared that the United States is not winning the war in Afghanistan and opened the door to a reconciliation process in which the U.S. military would reach out to moderate elements of the Taliban, much as it did with Sunni militias in Iraq. ...more

March 8, 2009

An attempt by to limit lobbyist-funded trips has prompted mixed results among the Tampa Bay area's five U.S House members and Florida's two U.S. senators. ...more

February 15, 2009

Bay area Republicans and their GOP colleagues nationally will wake up the morning after Tuesday's elections with a newly chosen president-elect and a new political landscape. ...more

November 2, 2008

Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite couldn't see much difference between the financial rescue bill she rejected Monday and the one that came to the House floor Friday morning. ...more

October 4, 2008

In the end, the financial markets didn't stand a chance against voter antipathy, partisanship and election year politics. ...more

September 30, 2008