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

Tea Party Patriots, one of the more well-known national tea groups, is getting a deep probe by Mother Jones. Not surprisingly, the left-leaning magazine doesn't like what it's found. Tea partiers should be steamed, too.

President Barack Obama unveiled his 2012 budget proposal on Monday -- $3.73 trillion in spending for FY 2012, a reduction of just under 2.5 percent of spending in 2011. The budget also continued running up the national debt. The 2011 deficit now stands at an estimated $1.65 trillion, while the 2012 deficit appears to be shaping up around $1.1 trillion. This will mean for four years in a row the federal government will run up deficits of greater than $1 trillion. Republicans in Florida are already taking aim at the presidents proposed budget.

A poll from Fox News released on Monday, conducted by Anderson Robbins Research and Shaw & Company Research, found President Barack Obama in solid shape for winning another term in 2012 -- and routing former Gov. Jeb Bush if he were the Republican presidential nominee. The poll had Obama with 54 percent and Bush with 34 percent. A poll from Fox News taken back in September found it much closer with Obama at 45 percent and Bush at 37 percent.

State Sen. Mike Bennett, author of a putative immigration-control bill, continues to send mixed signals about his intentions. While his SB 136 might charitably be dubbed "Arizona Light" for attempting to bolster enforcement, Bennett's op-ed in Saturday's Tampa Tribune blurred the line between legal and illegal immigration, and even applauded the DREAM Act, which would grant in-state tuition to illegal residents.