The state of Florida - even without its reputation for hanging chads - loves its emerging role as the most important step in the quest for the Republican nomination and the shining hope for President Obama.

"Let those Republicans fight it out here, calling each other names," said Ann Zucker,...

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL –- The Democratic National Committee announcement over Labor Day weekend that Vice President Joe Biden will speak at Florida’s Democratic Convention next month shows that the White House understands the importance of this swing state in the 2012 presidential elections, Florida Democrats say.

Although their state convention...

Florida Democrats, flush with success from the Obama victory in November, have returned to their double-barreled normalcy -- party infighting while preparing for the next big election. That takes place in 2010 when there will be an open seat for the U.S. Senate.

The Peninsula State was politically relatively quiet...

MIAMI -- Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin had an hour-long Q and A with CNN's Wolf Blitzer, spent another 30-some minutes with Larry King, hit a few more of the cable and network news outlets, chatted with local South Florida area broadcast and print media, took charge (much to the chagrin...

FORT LAUDERDALE -- A last-minute flurry of misleading e-mails -- along with seven pieces of mailed literature -- bombarded vote-rich areas of South Florida over the weekend and Monday in a blatant attempt to discredit Sen. Barrack Obama and urge balloting for the Republican ticket. Meantime, more than...

It's a political frenzy in Florida! Both Democrat and Republicans say they have the edge going into Tuesday and will capture the Sunshine State's 27 electoral votes. There is little doubt the battle will go down to the wire.

One thing, at least, seems certain. Unless there is a landside...

FORT LAUDERDALE -- Broward County, home to nearly one million voters and the site of much controversy in past presidential elections, is in the eye of the election campaign storm, with Democrats pushing to capture roughly 75 percent of those million ballots for Sen. Barack Obama, hoping to...

MIAMI -- Unless Democratic voters get over-confident and stay home on Nov. 4th, Florida will become a Blue State and provide 27 electoral votes to their nominee Sen. Barack Obama. But not before the GOP makes a last ditch effort to keep this pivotal state in the Red Zone.

All...

Just three weeks before Election Day, Florida has a blue tinge!

Sunshine State Democrats - mindful of the fiasco in 2000 which gave the Presidency to George W. Bush - are being urged daily to vote early or by absentee ballot to provide a huge cushion of Blue votes before...

Swing states Colorado and Florida -- both known for their increasing Latino populations -- are drawing increasing attention from Democrat and Republican strategists, who are working heatedly to win races up and down the ballot.

Insiders say they have been paying special attention to what is working in the two...

There appears to be several Democratic campaigns going on in Florida: one that's building steam to win a majority of Congressional seats; one that's an enormous vote-getting and fund-raising effort for Sen. Barack Obama that features show business luminaries such as Matt Damon, Ben Afflek and Jennifer Garner; and...

Florida Democrats -- accustomed to being in the political spotlight since 2000 when they believe they really elected Al Gore President -- are getting used to be playing second banana -- still clinging to the hope they will play a major 27-electoral-vote role in an Obama 2008 victory but vastly...

It may not be the most volatile of Democratic Congressional races, but with more than $6 million dollars already on the table, the contest to take Mark Udall's vacated seat as the 2nd Colorado District's nominee is drawing national attention. And, it's not only the money being spent but also...

It was a great big united party -- even if the honoree didn't have it on his schedule.

If Barack Obama had attended the annual Florida Democratic Party Jefferson-Jackson weekend in Southeast Florida, he would have enjoyed the reception. It has been a long-time since anyone had seen such...

MIAMI -- Florida Democrats turned to the airwaves and cyberspace to pummel the presumptive GOP nominee while, aware of the state's potent position for November, many of them also nourished the possibility of a unity team for November.

Twenty-seven electoral votes! A swing state which could go to either...

Florida finally got its long overdue recognition, but the Democratic National Committee's decision to give its delegates one-half a vote got mixed reviews. The decision left many local party activists less than happy and supporters of Sen. Hillary Clinton combative.

There is growing sentiment that only a Clinton vice-presidential...

Whoever wins Florida in November will probably be the next president of the United States!

That's the overwhelming opinion expressed by the Sunshine State media, political insiders, analysts -- even those many angry Democrats, still fuming over the national party's refusal to seat delegates in time to select...

Florida -- shunned for months by most candidates because the state held a primary seven days before Democratic party rules allowed -- has completed its selection of 211 convention delegates and now suddenly has come into play as the major swing state in the general election.

And,...

Twenty-seven electoral votes -- fourth largest election prize in the nation -- "and don't you forget it."

That's the stock answer Floridians are giving the Democratic National Committee (DNC) as State party leaders move ahead in the final delegate selection process this week and await word on the group's...

Buoyed by the results in Pennsylvania, bus loads of Floridians -- mostly backers of Sen. Hillary Clinton -- will head to Washington for an April 30th rally before the Democratic National Committee's headquarters. The group is looking to confront party leaders and argue that the Sunshine State's disqualified January primary...