Staff Writer, St. Petersburg Times
David DeCamp is a staff writer for the St. Petersburg Times. He has covered Florida and national politics since the 2000 presidential recount, as well as Super Bowls and military policy. He previously was the political writer for the Florida Times-Union in Jacksonville and the Ft. Wayne (Ind.) Journal Gazette.
The latest Truth-O-Meter items from David DeCamp
"He voted twice for a budget resolution that increases the taxes on individuals making $42,000 a year."
"Congressman John Lewis, an American hero, made allegations that Sarah Palin and I were somehow associated with ... the worst chapter in American history. ... And, Senator Obama, you didn't repudiate those remarks."
Obama "voted for ... $3-million for an overhead projector at a planetarium in Chicago."
"Barack Obama ... 96 percent of his votes have been solely along party line."
"You ... said that Barack Obama was not ready to be commander in chief."
Three years ago, John McCain said, "Afghanistan — we don't read about it anymore in papers because it succeeded."
"Today, we import triple the amount of oil than we had on the day Senator McCain took office."
"I won the majority of the Republican vote in both New Hampshire and South Carolina."
"The fact of the matter is that my colleague from New York, Senator Clinton, there are 50 percent of the American public that say they're not going to vote for her."
Former business partner Robert Gay says: "The man who helped save my daughter was Mitt Romney."
Recent stories from David DeCamp
Not just for the richest anymoreCandidates pillory the alternative minimum tax, though not always with solutions in hand.
Clinton fails English exam - twiceClinton overstates the implications of making English the official U.S. language.
Did the Pentagon move too slowly on safer trucks?With roadside bombs claiming troops at an alarming rate, a general urgently requests an armored replacement of the Humvee. Two years later, the vehicles are arriving in droves, but the enemy is already prepared.
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