idle surge

My '03 Protege5 is having starting issues. It no longer starts with a simple turn of the ignition switch when it has been sitting for a while. When it's warmed up, no problem. But when it has been sitting for several hours, I have to give it a boot with the gas to get it to start. When I do...

Quick apology for lengthiness, I want to be specific and every detail counts when trying to diagnose a problem. So over the course of a couple weeks I noticed that my P5 seemed to be hesitating slightly on hard accelerations, as if the car was just not putting out all of its power. No check...