Across Florida, kids are donning back packs and hopping on yellow buses heading back to school.

Tropical Storm Isaac appears to be headed to New Orleans, but Gov. Rick Scott said the system remains wobbling and could bring up to 16 inches of rain to parts of Floridas western Panhandle.

The governor, who was appearing at the Florida delegations Fresh From Florida breakfast at the Innisbrook Resort and Spa on Monday morning, said he has yet to make plans regarding the Republican National Convention on Wednesday and Thursday.

House Speaker-designate Will Weatherford, R-Wesley Chapel, wasted no time Monday in jumping on former Republican Gov. Charlie Crists endorsement of President Obama.

Weatherford, opening the Fresh From Florida breakfast at the Innisbrook Resort and Spa on Monday, madereference to the stimulus hug that has haunted Crist since 2009.

I didnt know a hug could be that powerful, Weatherford cracked, invoking the image of Crists embrace of Obama now that Crist is also slated to speak at the Democratic National Convention next week in Charlotte, N.C.

Amid popular discontent with GOPofficialdom, the various speakers at presidential primary candidate Ron Pauls official prenominating convention pep rally on Sunday maintained a relatively positive tone, emphasizing the need for liberty-minded voters to remain united and persevering in the effort to inject their politics into the mainstream of the Republican Party.

Dont tell members of the Florida delegation that they are in some sort of exile, paying for the sins of legislators who wanted the Sunshine State to have more of a say in the selection of the partys presidential candidate.

Located nearly 30 miles from the Tampa Bay Times Forum, delegates exhibited no remorse that part of the punishment from the Republican National Committee for Floridas early presidential preference primary is having to hunker down in the lush Innisbrook Resort and Spa, a gated golf course and spa community in Palm Harbor.

In the house where Florida Democrats live, the candidate cupboard is bare. Let's see how long it takes the party of desperation to snatch up Charlie Crist like he's water in a desert.

Republican Party of Florida Chairman Lenny Curry doesnt believe Isaac will drown any bump one can typically expect following a national convention.

Once we get through, this thing blows by, the convention will go on, Romney will be on stage communicating his message, his image, as will Paul Ryan and his surrogates, Curry said Sunday at Innisbrook Resort and Spa in Palm Harbor.

Still, Curry said, regardless of the weather, the campaigns have always been expected to ramp up after Labor Day, as both parties complete their national conventions.

Florida delegates may vote against -- or voice their disapproval of -- a portion of the national partys platform aimed squarely at the Sunshine State.

The Republican Party's Convention Rules Committee on Sunday approved stricter regulations for any state that in the future violates party rules by moving a scheduled presidential preference primary up on the calendar.

The new rule would reduce Floridas delegation from 99 members to 10 if the state decides for the third consecutive cycle to move up its primary.

GOP leaders want Floridians to remember Charlie Crist as the pro-gun, pro-traditional marriage Republican he was went he so often was busy running for office in the past.

They say its best not to give him the satisfaction of tagging a liberal label on his because thats what he wants if the now independent Crists ultimate goal is to campaign for the office in 2014 as a Democrat.