For Republican presidential front-runner Rudy Giuliani, Florida looms larger and larger as a crucial steppingstone on his path to winning the nomination. ...more

November 11, 2007

Republican presidential candidate Fred Thompson on Friday proposed slowing the growth of Social Security benefits and creating voluntary, government-matched savings accounts, becoming the first candidate of either party to offer a detailed proposal to fix the nation's retirement system. ...more

November 10, 2007

Rudy Giuliani probably will benefit most from the smorgasbord of conflicting presidential endorsements this week by social and religious conservatives, according to a handful of political insiders in the Florida conservative movement. ...more

November 10, 2007

Republican presidential candidate Fred Thompson said Sunday that a friend with a criminal record for cocaine and marijuana sales would remain a top fundraiser for his campaign while he evaluates the situation. ...more

November 5, 2007

Republican Fred Thompson said Tuesday that the government should yank federal dollars from cities and states that don't report illegal immigrants. ...more

October 24, 2007

Republican presidential candidate Fred Thompson made a strong statement against government intervention in cases like that of brain-damaged Terri Schiavo during a news conference Monday in Tampa. ...more

October 23, 2007

ORLANDO As expected, arguments about conservative credentials created the most fireworks in a debate among Republican presidential primary candidates Sunday night, but disagreements about education, health care and entitlement programs generated the most substance. ...more

October 22, 2007

Some 4,000 Republican Party activists started getting fired up Saturday for the 2008 presidential election, with their four top presidential contenders there to spur them on, at the state party's convention Saturday. ...more

October 21, 2007

Republican rivals Fred Thompson, Mitt Romney and John McCain sought on Friday to become the favorite of anxious social conservatives, each suggesting he offered the best chance of thwarting abortion rights supporter Rudy Giuliani. ...more

October 20, 2007

Over the next two weekends, Democrats and Republicans in Florida will hold state conventions in Orlando to stoke their party activists for the upcoming presidential race. ...more

October 20, 2007