Mel Martinez

GOP Sen. Martinez Retiring To Have More Free Time

AP | BRENDAN FARRINGTON | Posted 12.02.2008 | Politics


TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — U.S. Sen. Mel Martinez of Florida, who has struggled to boost his approval rating since taking office, will not seek a secon...

McCain: Stop Sh**ing; Get Off Pot

Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 10.21.2008 | Politics


Robert S. McElvaine

The only positive thing that is still within your reach is not victory in the election; it is salvaging your honor and helping your country.

Ed Rendell Delivers -- For McCain

Carol Felsenthal | Posted 10.06.2008 | Politics


Carol Felsenthal

Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell, an all-out Hillary supporter, now supporting Obama in a state that will be key to McCain's fortunes a month from now, continues to be a loose cannon.

McCain-Backing GOP Senator Mel Martinez: Obama Did Not Play the Race Card

ABC News | Jake Tapper | Posted 08.02.2008 | Politics


"I think we should be in a post-racial environment," said Sen. Mel Martinez, R-Fla., a supporter of Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., "I think Sen. [Barack] ...

Top GOP Senator Gives McCain An "Incomplete"

Wall Street Journal | Posted 03.30.2008 | Politics


Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Clinton's plans to stanch losses in the U.S. housing market won't work, former Republican National Comm...

Tomato, Tomatoe, Potato, Potatoe: MSNBC Calls Michigan Michiagan

Huffington Post | Posted 03.05.2008 | Media


Oops! MSNBC's chyron operator must have been up late covering Texas returns. This afternoon while Norah O'Donnell spoke with Florida Senator Mel Marti...

RNC Chairman Martinez Quits After Only 10 Months

AP | LIZ SIDOTI | Posted 10.19.2007 | Politics


Mel Martinez, the public face of the Republican National Committee as its general chairman, announced Friday he was stepping down from his post after ...