Kate Sheppard

As As Rudy‘s campaign crashes and burns here in Florida, he’s been busy on the stump for a national catastrophic insurance fund, knowing it will appeal to voters here who are facing rising insurance costs in light of increases in the number and severity of storms and floods in recent years. Rudy’s latest ads here […]

Following the campaigns here in Florida, the fourth-most populous state in the union and a large state area-wise on top of that, one of the benefits Republican candidates are more likely to enjoy is becoming increasingly obvious: fruitful multiplication. Two of Following the campaigns here in Florida, the fourth-most populous state in the union and […]

John McCain hosted an economic roundtable yesterday in Orlando with prominent Florida business leaders to discuss his plan to cut taxes, federal spending and regulation in order to change the economic tide in the country. The economy is clearly the top subject on the mind of voters here with less than a week to go […]

I’m preparing to head to Florida this morning, where I’ll be covering the upcoming primaries for the next week. Since the DNC pulled Florida’s delegates and the Democratic candidates have agreed not to campaign there, I’ll be spending most of my time following the Republicans as the nation learns whether Giuliani’s firewall is the best […]

Proving to the world that he is not too lazy to withdraw from the race, Proving to the world that he is not too lazy to withdraw from the race, Fred Thompson dropped out of the Republican race today after falling from second place nationally when he announced his candidacy in September to fifth place. […]

Howard Wolfson‘s claim that Obama is asserting a “right wing talking point” by pointing out that Bill Clinton has been lying about things — among them, claims that Obama uses right-wing talking points — is absurd on many levels. Of course one should be offended at the suggestion that a true progressive would never criticize […]

Count me among the Kansas Gov. Count me among the Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius fans who would like to see her picked as the vice presidential candidate. One good reason to support Sebelius as VP is her green cred, as David Roberts points out. A Democrat in a very Republican state, she’s had the guts […]

The niceties from Tuesday’s debate seem long behind us, as tempers flair in Nevada again. UNITE HERE is running a The niceties from Tuesday’s debate seem long behind us, as tempers flair in Nevada again. UNITE HERE is running a radio spot in Spanish that says that Hillary Clinton doesn’t respect their right to vote, […]

The The Post proves again this morning that they need a fact-checker for their Fact Checker. Michael Dobbs attempts to counter Hillary Clinton‘s argument that the 2005 energy bill was the “Dick Cheney lobbyist energy bill” because it gave “enormous giveaways to oil and gas industry” by citing the Congressional Research Service’s report that the […]

Richard Cohen‘s demand that Barack Obama disavow a man he has no relation to other than being black and knowing the same minister should be offensive to most reasonable people on many levels, but let’s get into his specious claim that “the rap on Obama is that he is a fog of a man.” At […]