White House officials spent hours last week preparing Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor for what they anticipate will be a concerted Republican effort to portray her as an "activist" jurist and will counter that her 17 years on the bench are a display of judicial restraint. ...more

July 12, 2009

During discussions with people here in my community, when you ask them who has control over taxing, spending and oversight during the last eight years they will tell you "Bush and the Republicans." ...more

March 26, 2009

Confronted by the worst financial crisis in generations, President-elect Barack Obama and his Democratic allies in Congress are preparing to delay some of the promises he made on the campaign trail to avoid political distractions and focus on reversing the economic slide. ...more

January 11, 2009

Gov. Charlie Crist played Santa Claus to state workers, who have gone two years without a cost-of-living pay raise, by giving them a holiday gift — two paid days off — as a token of appreciation. ...more

December 19, 2008

Barack Obama released a television advertisement Wednesday that questions John McCain's claims to be a "maverick," and Obama charged in a campaign appearance that the Republican displays independence only when it suits him politically. ...more

August 7, 2008

Now that a would-be first female president is ending her quest for the White House, the race is more about women than ever before. ...more

June 7, 2008

Not surprisingly, Democrats have switched the pitch from Iraq to the economy, because the administration's latest Iraq strategy may actually be working. ...more

January 22, 2008

Everyone knows the famous quote from William Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet': 'What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.' ...more

September 12, 2007

Everyone knows the famous quote from William Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet': 'What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.' ...more

September 12, 2007

Everyone knows the famous quote from William Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet': 'What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.' ...more

September 10, 2007