There's dirty and then there's blatantly dishonest.

Republicans involved in the District 42 House race between Republican Michael LaRosa and Democrat Eileen Game say the Democratic Party of Florida is deliberately attempting to trick voters into believing they're voting for Rep. Mike Horner, the candidate who resigned on Sept. 24 and is no longer in the race.

Amid reports that Palm Beach County Elections Supervisor Susan Bucher sent out some 60,000 faulty absentee ballots, there's one question no one else seems to be asking -- and which Bucher hasn't mentioned: What did she know, and when did she know it?

The latest elections kerfuffle in a county that has seen more than half a dozen election irregularities since 2000, now involves 60,000 absentee ballots sent out -- all of them missing the proper headings for the merit-retention races of three controversial state Supreme Court justices.

The first female president of the state Senate is facing a well-financed challenger in her South Florida seat, putting more than three decades of experience against a youthful neophyte saying the district needs new leadership.

If Mitt Romney is elected and secures Republican control of both houses of Congress, the U.S. could be poised for a vertiginous economic snapback.