Tom Tobin

Education Editor, Tampa Bay Times

Tom Tobin is the education editor at the Tampa Bay Times, formerly the St. Petersburg Times.

ttobin@tampabay.com

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Latest Fact-Checks By Tom Tobin

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Bloggers
stated on February 2, 2008 a blog posting

Obama says America is great, but let's "try to change it."

By Tom Tobin • March 24, 2008

Rudy Giuliani
stated on January 25, 2008 Boca Raton.

"We have more coal reserves in the United States than they have oil reserves in Saudi Arabia."

By Tom Tobin • January 25, 2008

Mike Huckabee
stated on January 5, 2008 a debate in Manchester, N.H.

"I supported the surge when you didn't."

By Tom Tobin • January 6, 2008

Rudy Giuliani
stated on December 12, 2007 a debate in Johnston, Iowa

"We reduced abortion. We increased adoptions by 135 percent."

By Bill Adair, Tom Tobin • December 13, 2007

John McCain
stated on November 28, 2007 St. Petersburg, Fla.

"I saved the taxpayers $2-billion on a bogus Air Force Boeing tanker deal where people went to jail."

By Tom Tobin • November 29, 2007

John Edwards
stated on October 29, 2007 a speech in Manchester, N.H.

"Our children's safety is potentially at risk because nearly half of the apple juice consumed by our children comes from apples grown in China."

By Tom Tobin • November 9, 2007

Bill Richardson
stated on October 5, 2007 an interview on CNN

"Going to public financing really disadvantages Democrats because you're not able to raise funds between the day you win the primaries and the time you're officially nominated."

By Tom Tobin • October 26, 2007

Bill Richardson
stated on October 5, 2007 an interview on CNN.

"Fences have not worked. The Great Wall of China, the Berlin Wall. That's not good among peoples, especially friends like the United States and Mexico."

By Tom Tobin • October 23, 2007

Rudy Giuliani
stated on May 3, 2007

"When I was mayor of New York City, I encouraged adoptions. Adoptions went up 65-70 percent. Abortions went down 16 percent."

By Tom Tobin • September 28, 2007

Barack Obama
stated on August 20, 2007 New Hampshire

If African-Americans vote their percentage of the population in 2008, "Mississippi is suddenly a Democratic state."

By Tom Tobin • September 4, 2007

Latest Articles By Tom Tobin

The perils of public financing

By Tom Tobin • October 26, 2007

A divide over fences

By Tom Tobin • October 23, 2007

Giuliani’s “culture of life,” defined

By Tom Tobin • October 1, 2007

Obama: I’m a magnet for turnout