With the ink drying on his budget proposals for the 2013 legislative session, Gov. Rick Scott took to the airways on Tuesday defending his $74.2 billion fiscal plan that includes his call for more tax breaks for manufacturers and a pay hike for teachers.

There is some finger pointing in the secretary of states report on the 2012 election.

But dont look for the states top election official to call for the head of any county elections supervisor for problems from the 2012 election that were limited to a few counties and highlighted by people waiting up to six hours to vote, incorrectly printed ballots, delays in totals and misreading tabulators.

Last week conservative Americans were celebrating National School Choice Week, a genuine success story.

If last week's hearing for Chuck Hagel raised questions about his capacity to be secretary of defense, the show trial conducted by his inquisitors on the tribunal raised questions about the GOP.