It's over. No, not the GOP race for president. That's going on for a long, long time. Despite the constant comparisons to the Democratic 2008 race, it's questionable whether this grind it out season is actually making Mitt Romney a stronger candidate to run against Barack Obama in the fall. That may happen, but it doesn't look like it this morning.
Meanwhile, if you've got money to spare, the campaign to re-elect Obama and Joe Biden will gladly take it, as the VP comes to the VInoy in St. Pete this afternoon for a fundraiser for the Democratic National Committee.
There were reports of anti-Muslim literature being distributed in the State Capitol yesterday. Whether that's true or not, tensions are high as an anti-Sharia law bill may be voted on today in the state Senate in Tallahassee.
The huge news out of Tally yesterday was the Leon County judge ruling against Rick Scott and the Legislature when they mandated that state workers begin paying 3 percent of their salaries towards their pension benefits.
And a group of "busprenuers" left Tampa yesterday to head off to Austin to think up, plan out and launch a business startup, as CL's Arielle Stevenson reports.
This article appears in Mar 1-7, 2012.