The Republicans' presidential debate Thursday night, sponsored by Fox News and Google, gave primary voters and caucus-goers at least one good reason to reject every candidate on the stage.

PHOENIX -- Cindy Vong is a tiny woman with a problem as big as the government that is causing it.

Gov. Rick Scott proclaimed Friday he will win his friendly job-creating competition with fellow Gov. Rick Perry because of the Texas governors pursuit of the White House.

I told him, now that hes running for president its going to be easier; he needs Florida, Scott said, while addressing the audience at CPAC Florida's conference at the Orange County Convention Center Friday afternoon.

Florida doesn't have a year-round Legislature. But it felt that way this week.

With the 2012 session starting early because of redistricting, lawmakers, staff and lobbyists traipsed back up the hill to start committee meetings.

True, the meetings included little real action. But committees got a clearer picture of the redistricting process, while also hearing presentations about tricky issues such as Medicaid reform and budget problems at the Agency for Persons with Disabilities.

While Texas Gov. Rick Perry is leading the field of Republican presidential hopefuls in most national polls, GOP voters in New Hampshire -- home of the first primary -- appear to be solidly behind former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.

Romney led three polls, released this week, by a wide margin -- though two of the polls showed his chief rival, Texas Gov. Rick Perry, in second place while the other had U.S. Rep. Ron Paul of Texas as the runner-up.

An aged but still vigorous Carlos Enrique from Miami trudged up the long steps to Presidency 5 wearing sandals and hefting a wooden cross.