Barack Obama's immigration speech in El Paso May 10 was an exercise in electioneering and hypocrisy. Hypocrisy because while Obama complained about "politicians" blocking comprehensive immigration bills, he was one of them himself.

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. -- This summer, the huge Boeing assembly plant here will begin producing 787 Dreamliners -- up to three a month, priced at $185 million apiece. It will, unless the National Labor Relations Board, controlled by Democrats and encouraged by Barack Obama's reverberating silence, gets its way.

Contrary to Charlie Sheen-esque claims of a "winning" legislative session, Republicans settled for a watered-down compromise on public pension reform and punted on other key labor issues.

Bad news, Floridians. Scientists have no plans for exterminating those greasy love bugs that are splattering your car grill and windshield.

The seasonal swarms of plecia nearctica have been particularly heavy in South Florida, where the moisture-seeking bugs have been hydrated.

But, according to experts at the University of Florida, this year's first crop -- a second typically emerges in August or September -- is no worse and no bigger than usual.

Armed with Mike Huckabee's endorsement, U.S. Senate candidate Mike Haridopolos travels to Bradenton Tuesday to speak to a tea party group. Heated members say he has some explaining to do.

Coming off a tumultuous state Senate session that disappointed conservatives, Haridopolos will need more than the religiously good wishes of Huckabee, a former Arkansas governor and 2008 presidential hopeful who hasn't always rung the tea party bell.