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

While he has no chance of winning the Republican presidential nomination and he will be leaving Congress after the November elections, U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, shows no signs of heading to the political sidelines. Paul sent out a campaign update to supporters late on Wednesday in which he crowed about bringing 200 bound delegates to the Republican National Convention in Tampa which shatters the predictions of the pundits and talking heads and shows the seriousness of our movement.

On Wednesday, attorney Wyman Duggan dropped out of the Republican primary to replace term-limited Sen. Steve Wise, R-Jacksonville, and backed Rep. Mike Weinstein, R-Jacksonville, for the seat.

Fresh with a victory over the statewide recall effort, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker may now be in line to appear in Tampa this summer. The Hill is reporting that the Republican governor may have earned a prime-time speaking spot at the party's national convention.

U.S. Rep. Tom Rooney, R-Tequesta, wants the U.S. Department of Justice to mind its own business when it comes to Florida reviewing its registered voter list. With the state due to respond later today to an order by the DOJ to halt the review, Rooney has sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder demanding that the DOJ stay out of the Florida issue.