As of Tuesday afternoon, John Edwards' campaign staff members were still heading to North Dakota and Georgia. A television ad campaign was about to hit the airwaves. That evening, Edwards was flying here to deliver what was billed as a major speech on poverty. ...more

January 31, 2008

It's getting ugly out on the presidential campaign trail. Attack ads are heating up, so are tempers. And, as usual, few of the attacks are truthful and fudging the facts is raised to an art form. No one knows this better than Republican candidate Mike Huckabee. Huckabee, who has been surging in the polls for weeks, is taking a pounding in Iowa at the hands of some of the folks who bankrolled the Swift Boat fiasco. A Houston, Texas, home builder, who funded much of the unsubstantiated rumors surrounding the Sen. John Kerry presidential bid, has turned on a Republican. He claims Huckabee was a big spender as governor of Arkansas. It's true Huckabee spent taxpayer money in Arkansas. He admits this, and has a good reason why he did it. His state was one of the worst in the nation on education, and the state's poor school system was infamous around the nation. ...more

December 28, 2007

This concerns Bud Morgan's demand for an apology. The intent of my column was to shed a different light on claims made in his "Legacy of Failure" guest column. At no time did I direct opinion against the writer. It's unfortunate if Mr. Morgan inferred otherwise and for that I truly apologize. Our First Amendment rights allow for us to express opinions freely, both his and mine. Ever since Vietnam and Sen. John Kerry calling our soldiers murderers and rapists, the national mood has changed. After the attack on 9/11 and America at war again, this time against Islamic terror, the division of the electorate seems to have become even greater. ...more

December 28, 2007

HARTFORD, Conn. - It was the plea heard around the world. "Don't tase me, bro" -- shouted by a Florida college student as officers removed him from a speech by Sen. John Kerry -- tops this year's list of most memorable quotes compiled by the editor of the Yale Book of Quotations. ...more

December 20, 2007

Here is the list of the 10 most memorable quotes of 2007, according to Fred R. Shapiro, editor of the Yale Book of Quotations. ...more

December 20, 2007

When I look back over the greatest, most memorable, most bombastic, most outrageous and most buzz-worthy television moments of 2007, I know why I love this job. ...more

December 20, 2007

It was the plea heard round the world. "Don't tase me, bro" - shouted by a University of Florida student as officers removed him from a speech by Sen. John Kerry - tops this year's list of most memorable quotes, compiled by the editor of the Yale Book of Quotations. ...more

December 20, 2007

Sen. John Kerry, whose 2004 presidential campaign was torpedoed by critics of his Vietnam War record, said Friday that he has personally accepted a Texas oilman's offer to pay $1 million to anyone who can disprove even a single charge of the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth. ...more

November 17, 2007

The University of Florida student stunned by a police Taser and arrested after his fervent, videotaped outburst at an event with Sen. John Kerry said Thursday that he was only trying to raise "important issues that the media doesn't talk about." ...more

November 2, 2007

The University of Florida student stunned by a police Taser and arrested after his fervent, videotaped outburst at an event with Sen. John Kerry won't go to court if he stays out of trouble during 18 months of probation, prosecutors said Tuesday. ...more

October 31, 2007