After 10 Glorious Years, Sunshine State News and I Are Passing the Baton

Who cares about the RNC threatening to undermine the Florida presidential primary if its held early? Not the leading Republican presidential candidates, according to an interesting article by Alexander Burns over at Politico. While the RNC continues to huff and puff about Florida holding an early primary, the candidates -- especially in what appears to be a very open fight for the presidential nomination -- simply cant blow off the Sunshine State.

Rep. Perry Thurston, D-Plantation, the next-in-line to be the House Minority Leader, was named early on as the Democratic point man for the redistricting process. But when members for the redistricting House committees were named Tuesday, Thurston's name was not among them. Thurston, speaking after the House Redistricting Committee's first meeting Wednesday, said that could change. "I think there's a move afoot to make that correction," Thurston said.

Taxpayers, better sit down. This one is going to hurt. Three Gunster attorneys, Daniel M. Mackler, Danielle DeVito-Huley and Rick Burgess, were just named South Florida Business Journals 2011 Heavy Hitters in Commercial Real Estate. And the Daily Business Review has made them finalists for the Top Dealmakers of the Year award. It's a very big deal, and I'd like to congratulate them, I really would. But these three Heavy Hitters hit you and me.

Viewpoint Florida released a poll on Tuesday that showed that former Gov. Jeb Bush was routing President Barack Obama in Florida in a potential, but very unlikely, 2012 presidential match up While the former governor has expressed no interest in running for the Republican presidential nomination, the poll found 57 percent backing Bush, who served two terms as governor, while 38 percent of those surveyed backed Obama. The poll of 807 likely voters was taken on April 13 and 14 and had a margin of errorof +/- 3.5 percent.