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

On Friday morning, Lt. Gov. Jeff Kottkamp, locked in a close battle for the Republican nomination in the attorney generals race, came out swinging at a federal court ruling that shot down a law passed in California banning gay marriage. Wednesdays ruling in California turns on its ear more than 5,000 years of recorded history that establishes marriage is between a man and a woman, said Kottkamp. Kottkamp called for Attorney General Bill McCollums office to join the appeal to overturn the federal decision.

On Thursday, the U.S. Senate confirmed Solicitor General Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court of the United States on a 63-37 vote -- and Florida politicians are weighing in on the nations fourth female justice. Floridas two senators followed party lines with Bill Nelson joining most of his fellow Democrats in supporting the nomination, and George LeMieux voting with most of the Republicans against Kagan. Five Republicans crossed party lines to vote for Kagan while Ben Nelson of Nebraska was the one Democrat to vote against her.

With President Barack Obama in Miami Beach with state CFO Alex Sink --the overwhelming favorite to win the Democratic gubernatorial nomination --later this month for a fund-raiser, Rick Scotts campaign team has averted its fire from GOP primary rival Bill McCollum to focus on the Democrats.

Health-care executive Rick Scott launched a new ad on Thursday against Attorney General Bill McCollum, his chief rival for the Republican gubernatorial nomination. The ad claims that McCollum voted to raised taxes more than 40 times during his 20 years in Congress.