No-party Senate candidate Charlie Crist is making ads that emphasize the blurring of party lines - a seemingly…]]> Political Safari 2010-09-13T10:33:49-05:00 http://www.tboblogs.com/index.php/news/story/the-candidates-in-their-own-words/ TBO’s Voter Guide went live this week. If you haven’t already, check it out!

Voter Guide is one of my favorite things to work on at TBO. It’s also a huge undertaking. We contact candidates in all 10 counties in WFLA’s viewing area, track down their e-mail…]]> Political Safari 2010-08-12T08:14:52-05:00 http://www.tboblogs.com/index.php/news/story/sad-or-odd/ I’ve never been particularly attached to either Al or Tipper Gore, but the breakup of their 40-year marriage actually shook me a bit. Their family life always seemed stable and affectionate - the opposite of the sparring Clintons’. And when the news first broke, that seemed to be the prevailing…]]> Political Safari 2010-06-03T12:58:02-05:00 http://www.tboblogs.com/index.php/news/story/a-mouse-in-the-house-...-the-white-house/ Sharp-eyed observers at President Obama’s remarks on financial reform today caught sight of an intruder: a furry rodent who scurried across the Rose Garden steps.

ABC’s White House crew thinks it was a mouse or a rat. I was going to guess shrew, because it’s hard to…]]> Political Safari 2010-05-21T11:55:58-05:00 http://www.tboblogs.com/index.php/news/story/2309-pages-22-pens/ Signing the health care bill yesterday was a feat of calligraphy as well as politics. President Obama used a total of 22 pens to get it done.

The pack of pens will be distributed to top Congressional leaders and other advocates. Obama gets to keep one. And two are going…]]> Political Safari 2010-03-24T09:56:00-05:00 http://www.tboblogs.com/index.php/news/story/coffee-tea-or-gridlock/ Something new is brewing in American politics - the Coffee Party.

This coalition is still defining itself, even as it gains followers on Facebook. CNN did a feature today, which will add some fuel to the fire. So far, it seems to attract people who want a counterpoint…]]> Political Safari 2010-03-12T14:06:53-05:00 http://www.tboblogs.com/index.php/news/story/will-facebook-set-them-free/ In a reversal of longstanding policy, the White House is encouraging the export of social networking and other Internet technologies to otherwise closed-off countries such as Cuba and Iran. It’s kind of a 21st-century Radio Free Europe, only decentralized.…]]> Political Safari 2010-03-09T11:11:52-05:00 http://www.tboblogs.com/index.php/news/story/the-faint-praise-of-the-damned/ Look out, Florida voters! Did you think you’d seen enough bloodsucking politicians? Well, a new candidate for governor is coming to town, and he is a self-professed vampire.

Meet Jonathon ‘The Impaler’ Sharkey. His 2006 bid for governor of Minnesota was the subject of a Political Safari 2010-03-02T15:38:25-05:00 http://www.tboblogs.com/index.php/news/story/beauty-brains-and-politics/ Time Magazine reports that various researchers are trying to sort out who’s smarter, liberals or conservatives.

I had to get past a little personal baggage to get into this story - namely, the opening quip about College Democrats and College Republicans. As a studiously nonpartisan…]]> Political Safari 2010-03-01T15:10:30-05:00