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

A day after U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek ran his first commercial, attacking Jeff Greene, his leading rival for the nod, in the bitter contest for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate,the Greene campaign fired back by unleashing two commercials against Meek on Tuesday. Greene took a page from the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), who included Meek among a list of the most crooked politicians running for office.

Former Agency for Health Care Administration Secretary Holly Benson announced on Tuesday morning that her bid for the Republican nomination for attorney general was being backed by two former Republican Party of Florida leaders: former Chairman Tom Slade and former Chairwoman and current Indian River County Tax Collector Carole Jean Jordan.

With Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Scott wrapping up a bus tour of the state, the Florida Democratic Party is taking shots at some of the incidents that occurred on the trip, including Scott saying he would look into whether or not President Barack Obama was born in the United States.

With less than a month until his showdown with Jeff Greene for the Democratic nomination in the U.S. Senate race, U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek finally took to the airwaves with a new commercial. While recent polls have found the Democratic nominee -- be it Meek or Greene -- far behind independent candidate Gov. Charlie Crist or Republican candidate Marco Rubio, the battle between the Democrats has increasingly gotten nasty and this commercial is no different. The Meek campaign is not focusing on its candidate at all despite polls showing he remained unknown to many Floridians.