Things are looking good for Democrats in at least two races in the state of Florida. In the 8th District, which includes Orlando and its exurbs, Republican Rep. Ric Keller is trailing his Democratic challenger, Alan Grayson, 47 percent to...
The reports are in from around the country, and so far, so good. The American electoral system seems to be handling the big crowds and long lines just fine, according to voting monitors. A team of writers from CQ Politics...
Battleground, pivotal, swing. Whatever you want to call it, Florida is important. Especially so for John McCain, who cannot arrange a plausible scenario for winning without it. So he needs the older voters and veterans groups for sure. Well, at...
Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, a Republican and a key McCain ally, just held a conference call to talk about the Obama visit and offered a strange rationale for supporting McCain: "He's been such a strong proponent of climate change, and...
It's 80 and humid in Miami and thousands of folks are getting down to a Salsa band that has the bass turned up to 11. Press corps seeking shade in a tent just behind the stage, where volunteers are...
LAKE WORTH, Fla. - Barack Obama continues his Florida barnstorming tour today. Huge rally planned tonight in Miami but first event of the day was a panel discussion on job creation, emceed by none other than Barack Obama. Guests included...
At Amway Arena, there are many tens of thousands of Obama fans, three U.S. senators -- and a huge American flag blocking the name "Amway." Sort of John Ashcroft-like. Did the Amway corporation -- whose founder was a major...
MELBOURNE, Fla. -- McCain just told a rally not far from the Kennedy Space Center that, no matter the nation's fiscal pressures, he'll push for more NASA funding, including $2 billion needed to keep flying until a replacement is ready...
Sen. John McCain just pulled into Florida International University in Miami, where there's a big, raucous crowd in the gym. His buddy Joe Lieberman, the Connecticut senator who ran as the Democrats' pick for vice president in 2000, just introduced...
It happened last week in Tampa, Fla. The speaker, Jim Piccillo, a Florida Republican who is supporting the Democratic ticket, said afterward that he had no idea he'd flubbed the intro until heard agbout it on the radio on his...
Would I kid you? No. Jewish grandkids from around the nation are being urged -- if not guilted -- into visiting their Florida grandparents the weekend of Oct. 11-13 to talk to them about voting for Barack Obama. The Great...
Democrats voted at their convention Monday to set up a study commission next year to review the party's nominating rules and consider reduction of the number of party and elected officials given automatic delegate seats. Some 20 percent of the...
The next big event in the Democratic race isn't a primary or caucus. It's a May 31 meeting of the party rules committee to decide whether to seat the Florida and Michigan delegates. Hillary Rodham Clinton sees it as her...
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