I sincerely hope officials sponsoring next Monday night's NBC News/Tampa Bay Times/National Journal presidential debate at USF allow the crowd to hoot and holler like they did in Myrtle Beach last night at the latest GOP forum – it will make it a lot spicier.
Lots to dissect from last night's show. One topic brought up by Mitt Romney that will definitely be a topic as the year continues and if he's the nominee is his contention that the Obama administration should not be negotiating with the Taliban.
In Hillsborough County, the early voting has begun in the GOP presidential sweepstakes.
Although Tampa or Tampa Bay is frequently mocked in some national surveys, the Cigar City makes the cut of the Daily Beast's top 20 most tolerant cities.
And CL contributor George Niemann has a short post on Jim Norman.
This article appears in Jan 12-18, 2012.