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

It's like a scene from the 1984 film "Red Dawn." First we see one parachute drop to the ground, then two. Then more. And all of a sudden the sky is dark with foreign invaders falling on Florida, on our turf, in our back yard. It's happening right now, and this time it's not foreign invaders. It's TEA Partiers. The fake ones who masquerade as grass-roots conservatives but are anything but. They've been invading our Florida House races all day long. And not just any old races.

With Republican Craig Miller starting to run television commercials on his congressional campaign, the Florida Democratic Party blasted the former Ruth's Chris CEO on Thursday. The real Craig Miller opposes common-sense limits on drunk driving, was fired as CEO of Ruth's Chris Steak House for poor financial management, and was given a multimillion-dollar severance package, said a release from the Democrats.

Former Agency for Health Care Administration Secretary Holly Benson filed her paperwork to run in a tight battle for the GOP attorney general nomination, pledging to continue Attorney General Bill McCollums lawsuit against new federal health-care laws backed by President Barack Obama.

Health care executive Rick Scott, a political phenomenon who went from virtual unknown to the leading candidate for the Republican gubernatorial nomination in the course of a mere two months, filed his paperwork to make his bid official on Thursday morning. Minutes later Attorney General Bill McCollum --the one-time front-runner in the race, now behind Scott -- filed his paperwork and offered harsh words for his Republican rival. Its official, said Scott as he turned in his paperwork. I am a candidate for governor for the great state of Florida.