Ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was schooled in the politics of the Chicago Machine, but his successor's career has been built on grass-roots organizing to cut government and protect the little guy. ...more

January 30, 2009

Frances DiPietro of New Port Richey may not vote because of "disappointing joke" presidential candidates. ...more

October 11, 2008

It's starting to feel like Tina Fey is running for vice president. ...more

October 5, 2008

Every so often, not just every four years, but in a seemingly endless succession of election years, we're deluged, bombarded, and swamped with political posturing and pontificating. Each side tries to convince us poor ignorant peasants that their candidate walks on water and will make the civilized world safe from all predators while their opponent, if elected, will bring us to the brink of extinction. ...more

September 13, 2008

Democratic running mates Barack Obama and Joseph Biden embarked on a Rust Belt bus tour Friday that aimed to capitalize on a convention that appeared to ease party tensions and ended with Obama's historic and widely acclaimed acceptance speech before a record national audience. ...more

August 30, 2008

DENVER - The presidential race in Florida is locked in a dead heat, according to a poll out today, showing Barack Obama with a lead of a single percentage point. ...more

August 28, 2008

The presidential race in Florida is locked in a dead heat, according to a poll out today, showing Barack Obama with a lead of a single percentage point. ...more

August 28, 2008

The response to Sen. Barack Obama's choice of a vice presidential running mate left a lot of political junkies scratching their heads. It's not that most people who follow politics do not like Sen. Joe Biden, but he just doesn't quite seem like the candidate Obama supporters wanted the most. However Biden is a strong running mate and is well respected by Democrats and Republicans. ...more

August 24, 2008

Gov. Charlie Crist has gotten engaged to his girlfriend, Carole Rome, a spokeswoman confirms. ...more

July 3, 2008

Just a few months ago, the consensus view was that Barack Obama would need to choose a hard-core national-security type as his vice presidential running mate to compensate for his lack of foreign policy experience and that John McCain would need a running mate who was young and sprightly to compensate for his age. ...more

July 1, 2008