The Ferguson, Mo., police department released convenience store surveillance tape that showed Michael Brown allegedly stealing some cigars minutes before he was shot by a police officer. Aware that the release of this footage might look like posthumous character assassination of the shooting victim, Captain Ronald Johnson of the Ferguson police explained that the tape was released pursuant to freedom of information requests.

How does an issue that registers barely a blip on the Who-Gives-a-Hoot Voter Meter manage to compel a governor to give up half an hour on his Tuesday schedule so he can be condescendingly preached to?

There may be another incumbent-tossing in the wind for Northeast Florida.

As Barack Obama continues to poll badly across the nation and Hillary Clinton looks ahead to 2016, Debbie Wasserman Schultz is playing a bigger role for Democrats on the campaign trail.

A poll from the Florida Chamber Political Institute (FCPI) unveiled on Monday shows Gov. Rick Scott has taken a 3 percentage-point lead over former Gov. Charlie Crist -- the man who spent most of his political life as a Republican, yet is the favorite to win the Democratic primary next week.

Scott takes 44 percent in the poll of likely voters against Crist's 41 percent.

When Libertarian Adrian Wyllie is added into the mix,Scotts lead expands. In that scenario, Scott takes 41 percent, Crist gets 35 percent and Wyllie 4 percent.

WASHINGTON -- Barack Obama, presiding over an unusually dismal post-recession economy, might make matters worse with a distracting crusade against the minor and sensible business practice called "inversion," more about which anon. So, consider his credentials as an economic thinker.

All Aboard Florida (AAF) is like a rigged "Let's Make a Deal" TV experience.