It was a year ago tonight that Rick Scott was declared the next Governor of Florida. The woman who wanted that job, Alex Sink, spoke before an intimate crowd in Tampa last night, where she showed some spunk and spontaneity that was sorely missing during her campaign last year. Read the highlighted post to understand what I mean.

A new poll shows Barack Obama in trouble in Florida for next year's election. That's no surprise – but what is would be adding Hillary Clinton to the ticket – where Obama goes from a 41 percent approval rating in the Sunshine State to 50 percent.

Brian Blair won't be running County Commission next year in Hillsborough County.

And Rick Scott is sounding a bit different these days when it comes to his reasoning behind calling for drug tests for welfare recipients.