If the three Florida Supreme Court justices seeking retention in November wish to convince voters they arent left-wing activists, they sure have a funny way of showing it.

A trio of Florida Supreme Court justices girded for battle this week following last week's announcement by state Republicans that they will try to take the "activist" justices down.

The fight over efforts to remove Justices R. Fred Lewis, Barbara Pariente and Peggy Quince went from backwater to front burner this week with attorneys groups and former colleagues jumping to the jurists' defense in the face of a recall campaign now officially blessed by the Republican Party of Florida.

WASHINGTON -- The spectacles we persist in dignifying as presidential "debates" -- two-minute regurgitations of rehearsed responses -- often subtract from the nation's understanding.

What theyre doing is probably not illegal, but from now until Nov. 6 city officials across the Sunshine State are being urged to use taxpayer-funded instruments to convince their citizens to oppose the Florida Property Tax Amendment, and the amendment's supporters are not happy about it.

The presidential debate season is upon us with President Obama and his Republican challenger, Mitt Romney, scheduled to square off Wednesday night in the political class version of a cage match.