The stage is set. The curtain rises in just 48 hours on a drama that's the four-year, perhaps eight-year, administration of President Barack Hussein Obama. ...more

January 18, 2009

Off the ballot but still in voters' minds, President Bush watched election results like the rest of the country Tuesday night and privately told his friends and advisers, "May God bless whoever wins tonight." ...more

November 5, 2008

Deep-seated racial misgivings could cost Illinois Sen. Barack Obama the White House if the election is close, according to an AP-Yahoo News poll that found one-third of white Democrats harbor negative views toward blacks - many calling them "lazy," "violent" or responsible for their own troubles. ...more

September 23, 2008

WASHINGTON - Deep-seated racial misgivings could cost Barack Obama the White House if the election is close, according to an AP-Yahoo News poll that found one-third of white Democrats harbor negative views toward blacks - many calling them "lazy," "violent" or responsible for their own troubles. ...more

September 20, 2008

"Polk: The Man Who Transformed the Presidency and America," by Walter R. Borneman (Random House, $30). ...more

June 15, 2008

John McCain, seeking to become the oldest elected first-term president, gets an in-depth skin cancer check every few months because of melanomas. ...more

May 24, 2008

So, Charlie Crist's "drop like a rock" property tax relief amendment passed. I'm really glad. ...more

February 15, 2008

Despite a telephonic glitch, the city council Thursday chose a lawyer and three-term president of a domestic violence support group to fill out the term of former chairman John Bryan, who resigned and later committed suicide Sept. 7. ...more

October 19, 2007