Florida Republican Party Chairman Jim Greer and Gov. Charlie Crist have tried to bring a more moderate tone to the Florida Republican Party, and they've encountered some criticism from conservatives along the way. Now Greer, presumably with backing from Crist, is working for a candidate for national party chairman who some believe would do the same at the national level. ...more

January 29, 2009

Welcome to Washington, soon to be "Mr. President." I know you've been here before for a short time as senator, but this is different. This is The Big Time, the world stage and you are the leading man. ...more

January 17, 2009

Remember the Democratic National Convention? The Clintons and the Obamas, Invesco Field, the fireworks? ...more

September 7, 2008

Remember the Democratic National Convention? The Clintons and the Obamas, Invesco Field, the fireworks? ...more

September 7, 2008

Among Republicans here for their national convention, the initial surprise - if not shock - of John McCain's choice of Sarah Palin as his running mate quickly morphed into near elation. ...more

September 2, 2008

She has been known, at times, as "Sarah Barracuda." It began with her ferocity on the high school basketball court. As co-captain her senior year, Sarah Palin was a point guard who made the final free throw that won the Wasilla Warriors their first state championship. ...more

August 30, 2008

Sen. John McCain surprised the political world on Friday by naming Sarah Palin, a little-known Alaska governor and self-described "hockey mom" with almost no foreign policy experience, as his running mate on the Republican presidential ticket. ...more

August 30, 2008

On the day Mitt Romney bowed out of the presidential race in February, his supporters latched onto something of a consolation prize that appeared to bode well for his political future: the warm embrace of conservatives whose approval he had long sought. ...more

August 16, 2008

Republican insiders see the bitter criticism in Scott McClellan's memoir, "What Happened," as a payback for his abrupt firing as White House press secretary in the spring of 2006. ...more

June 2, 2008

As gasoline heads toward $5, $6 or $7 a gallon (will it ever end?), there is something a little obscene about the good life as consumed by the four lucky ladies in the big-screen version of "Sex and the City." ...more

May 28, 2008