Adam Smith

by Mark Silva For all the excitement that Sarah Palin has generated for Republican John McCain's presidential ticket, there could be a certain amount of second-guessing surrounding Barack Obama's dismissal of Hillary Clinton as a running mate - "passed...

by Mark Silva President Bush may say he pays no attention to polls, but Karl Rove, whose degree comes from the Electoral College, sure does. And the polls Rove is watching show that Democrat Barack Obama's apparent advantage in the......

by Frank James Adam Smith, the political editor for the St. Petersburg Times, was at a Sen. John McCain rally this morning in Tampa which he said was very poorly attended compared with a rally for President Bush four years......

"At CPAC, the Future Looks Libertarian," read a dispatch on Time magazine's website. "CPAC: Rand Paul's Big Moment," proclaimed The Week magazine. Meanwhile, the New York Times headlined its story about the annual conservative political action...

"At CPAC, the Future Looks Libertarian," read a dispatch on Time magazine's website. "CPAC: Rand Paul's Big Moment," proclaimed the Week magazine. Meanwhile, the New York Times headlined its story about the annual conservative political action...

For years, there have been demands that Pennsylvania join the civilized world by privatizing its retail liquor operation. State stores are a vestige of the frenzy at the repeal of Prohibition in 1933, when it was felt that letting people choose for...

On the Sunday morning circuit this weekend, “Face the Nation” will be doing something different. The CBS program offers its annual authors program. One panel features writers David Baldacci (“The Forgotten”), Gillian Flynn (“...

Debates will be a hot topic this weekend in local public-affairs programming. The programs: ***”Flashpoint” offers an hour debate between the candidates in the U.S. House District 10 race: Republican Dan Webster and Democrat Val Demings....

It came as little surprise to most political observers in Florida that the Tampa Bay Times didn't endorse U.S. Rep. Connie Mack IV in his bid for the Republican U.S. Senate nomination, giving its nod to former U.S. Rep. Dave Weldon of Indialantic instead....

For the third time this year and the second this month the U.S. Senate campaign of  Republican U.S. Rep. Connie Mack IV has leveled a blistering attack on Tampa Bay Times political editor Adam Smith. This time, Mack's campaign manager Jeff Cohen...

Running a word-count program on the transcript of last night's GOP presidential primary debate I get: Mitt Romney -- 4,649 (34%) Newt Gingrich -- 4,118 (30%) Rick Santorum --2,898 ( 21%) Ron Paul -- 2,095 (15%) This does not include......

The U.S. Senate campaign of U.S. Rep. Connie Mack IV, R-Fort Myers has picked up an impressive ally in its side fight against the media, particularly The Miami Herald and the Tampa Bay Times. Connie's father, former U.S. Sen. Connie Mack III. The elder...