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

We are simply spending too much, for too little in return, Brad Swanson, vice president of corporate and strategic partnerships for the Florida Chamber of Commerce, stated in an opinion piece in the Tampa Times.

Mitt Romney carried Michigan by 9 percent over John McCain in the 2008 Republican primary -- but a poll unveiled on Monday finds that Romney could lose the 2012 primary on Feb. 28 to Rick Santorum. Santorum leads in Michigan, the state where Romneys father served as governor, according to a poll by American Research Group. The poll has Santorum out front with 33 percent followed by Romney with 27 percent, Newt Gingrich with 21 percent and Ron Paul with 12 percent. Six percent remain undecided and 1 percent back other candidates.

Arizona will be in the spotlight in the coming days as Republicans duke it out in the Grand Canyon States Feb. 28 presidential primary. But, according to this blog from the Arizona Republic, Barack Obamas team is looking to make a push to carry it in 2012. Obama lost Arizona by 9 points in 2008 -- but then John McCain was a favorite son of the state.

Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney launched a pre-emptive strike against President Barack Obamas budget on Monday -- even before the Democrat incumbent unveiled it. Romney pointed to Obamas record on fiscal matters, arguing that it showed he would not even attempt to tackle federal entitlements.