Of the 11 amendments placed on the November 2012 ballot by the Sunshine States Republican-dominated Legislature, perhaps the strangest is the third: Almost no one seems willing to go on the record to defend it.

The Florida State Revenue Limitation Amendment (Amendment 3), if approved by 60 percent of the voters, would change the way the state calculates limitations on the amount of revenue it can raise each year.

With party primaries finished and the general election looming, new campaign-finance reports show where some of the state's top legislative races will play out in November.

Money flowed between Aug. 10 and Sept. 14 to districts where Republican and Democratic leaders see opportunities to pick up seats -- or fear incumbents could be threatened.

SALT LAKE CITY -- A specter is haunting the Congressional Black Caucus, the specter of integration.

A group of Chinese private investors will be in Florida next week, but Gov. Rick Scott was already suited up at Cowboys Stadium in Dallas on Friday to begin promoting the Sunshine State.

About 25 wealthy Chinese investors will descend on Orlando, offering the prospects of millions of dollars in fresh capital, as part of the US-China Investment Week event that kicked off in the $1.15 billion football stadium where they were greeted by Scott, Texas Gov. Rick Perry and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker.

When Gov. Rick Scott sought the governor's office, he ran as the ultimate outsider and campaigned against all that is Tallahassee, a winning strategy in the tea party year of 2010.

And since his election, some Tallahassee insiders often privately have complained that the governor wouldn't meet with representatives of some of the traditional interest groups that in the past enjoyed more access to state officials.

If I were smart, I'd stop speculating what Charlie Crist is going to do. He's going to do what Charlie Crist always does -- wait to see which way the wind blows, then let us know.