http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/campaign-2008/index.html http://media.miamiherald.com/images/logos/rss_sitelogo.gif http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/campaign-2008/index.html 140 25 News, sports and entertainment from MiamiHerald.com en-us Copyright 2009 MiamiHerald.com Barack Obama's Inauguration 60 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:25:22 EST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys miamifeedback@miamiherald.com http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/campaign-2008/story/1311686.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/campaign-2008/story/1311686.html Mon, 02 Nov 2009 01:00 EST The single biggest threat to Charlie Crist's political future probably isn't his U.S. Senate primary rival, Marco Rubio.<p/> It's former Gov. Jeb Bush, who could give Rubio an enormous boost if he chose to. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/campaign-2008/story/1301680.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/campaign-2008/story/1301680.html Tue, 27 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT Marco Rubio, the underdog gaining steam in his race against Gov. Charlie Crist for the GOP nomination for U.S. Senate, appealed to Broward Republicans Monday night, setting up a showdown between the two candidates in the pivotal county. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/campaign-2008/story/1290668.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/campaign-2008/story/1290668.html Tue, 20 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT When Congressman Robert Wexler announced his retirement last week, many predicted a free for all with a long list of Democrats running for the seat covering northern Broward and southern Palm Beach counties. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/campaign-2008/story/1278196.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/campaign-2008/story/1278196.html Mon, 12 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT Democrats looking for a front-runner in the first debate of the Florida attorney general's race saw two polished politicians take light digs at each other Sunday while seeking a unified front against the Republican Party. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/campaign-2008/story/1200946.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/campaign-2008/story/1200946.html Tue, 25 Aug 2009 01:00 EDT A move for Broward Republicans to hold a straw poll in the U.S. Senate race failed Monday night, avoiding for the moment what would have been the kind of tense vote that has taken place in other parts of the state. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/campaign-2008/story/1199593.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/campaign-2008/story/1199593.html Mon, 24 Aug 2009 01:00 EDT Gov. Charlie Crist on Sunday announced three more candidates for retiring Republican U.S. Sen. Mel Martinez's job.<p/> According to a statement from Crist's office, former U.S. Reps. Clay Shaw, Mike Bilirakis and Lou Frey have been asked to fill out a questionnaire for the position. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/campaign-2008/story/763602.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/campaign-2008/story/763602.html Sun, 09 Nov 2008 13:07 EST For two months she basked -- and sizzled -- in the world's hottest celebrity spotlight. Now Sarah Palin has come home to begin the last two years of her term as governor of Alaska. Time to take a deep breath and consider some of the key challenges that lie ahead for Sarah Palin. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/campaign-2008/story/763607.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/campaign-2008/story/763607.html Sun, 09 Nov 2008 13:06 EST A look at Election Night through the eyes of a generation of older black Americans who came out of the Great Depression as children, lived through segregation and the struggle for civil rights and have now seen the election of the nation's first black president. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/campaign-2008/story/763617.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/campaign-2008/story/763617.html Sun, 09 Nov 2008 13:05 EST The famous -- or infamous, depending on your point of view -- "godless" TV commercial in North Carolina's campaign for the U.S. Senate almost didn't happen. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/campaign-2008/story/762670.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/campaign-2008/story/762670.html Sat, 08 Nov 2008 14:47 EST Among the Democrats swept into office Tuesday was Chris Koster, the state senator and former Cass County prosecutor who will become Missouri’s 41st attorney general in January. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/campaign-2008/story/761721.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/campaign-2008/story/761721.html Fri, 07 Nov 2008 17:37 EST When Barack Obama becomes president in January, he'll confront the controversial legal legacy of the Bush administration. From expansive executive privilege to hard-line tactics in the war on terrorism, Obama must decide what he'll undo and what he'll embrace. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/campaign-2008/story/760038.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/campaign-2008/story/760038.html Thu, 06 Nov 2008 16:52 EST There are enough clues to an Barack Obama presidency in the 21-month campaign he waged to win the White House to provide a preliminary assessment. (May need to register) http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/campaign-2008/story/759818.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/campaign-2008/story/759818.html Thu, 06 Nov 2008 14:49 EST The selection of the highly partisan Emanuel, 48, signals that Obama wants a tough taskmaster to run his White House, as well as steely insider able to help push the Obama agenda through Congress. News of his appointment angered some Republicans, who called it a betrayal of Obama's pledge of a more civil politics and bipartisan governing. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/campaign-2008/story/759689.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/campaign-2008/story/759689.html Thu, 06 Nov 2008 14:50 EST U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens, found guilty of seven felonies last week, is beating his Democratic opponent. So's Rep. Don Young, who's been under federal investigation for years. Some strategists suggested a "Palin effect," which is ironic, given that she backed Young's opponent in the primary and called on Stevens to resign. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/campaign-2008/story/759795.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/campaign-2008/story/759795.html Thu, 06 Nov 2008 14:50 EST John McCain won 112 of Kentucky's 120 counties, but not the Appalachian counties of Elliott, Menifee, Wolfe and Rowan. Political leaders in the four counties said race wasn't a factor for their mostly white constituents. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/campaign-2008/story/758443.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/campaign-2008/story/758443.html Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:57 EST The presidential race entered a critical three-day period in September when the economic crisis cast the candidates' differences in sharp relief. How the candidates responded -- Sen. John McCain's dramatic moves and sometimes-uneven temperament and Sen. Barack Obama's more analytical reaction and calm vibe -- was a window into how they made decisions. And voters responded. (May need to respond) http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/campaign-2008/story/757853.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/campaign-2008/story/757853.html Wed, 05 Nov 2008 12:37 EST A ban on gay marriage, which is already illegal in Florida, looks like it will be enshrined in that state's Constitution. California voters also approved a gay marriage ban for the state constitution, six months after the state's Supreme Court ruled that such a ban violated the state's Constitution. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/campaign-2008/story/757856.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/campaign-2008/story/757856.html Wed, 05 Nov 2008 12:36 EST Incumbent U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Dole lost her re-election bid Tuesday night to state Sen. Kay Hagan, done in by a combination of Hagan's tireless campaigning, millions of dollars from national Democrats and Barack Obama's strong emphasis on North Carolina. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/campaign-2008/story/757858.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/campaign-2008/story/757858.html Wed, 05 Nov 2008 12:36 EST North Carolina, long one of the most contested pieces of political turf in America, was trending blue Tuesday as Democrats rode uncertainty about the economy and the Iraq war to a strong showing. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/campaign-2008/story/757859.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/campaign-2008/story/757859.html Wed, 05 Nov 2008 12:35 EST Six months after the California Supreme Court sanctioned same-sex marriage in the state, voters Tuesday were repealing the landmark decision with about half the precincts reporting.