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Weekly Roundup: Home Stretch of Pre-Session Meetings

By Brandon Larrabee News Service of Florida

Jimmy Fallon, Democrat Political Asset

By L. Brent Bozell

Florida Senate Incumbents Sitting Pretty

By Jeff Henderson

Florida Education Continues to Reach New Heights

By Patricia Levesque

Truth in Advertising

Florida Blue CEO Says Single-Payer Is Wrong for Future of Health Care

By William Patrick FloridaWatchdog.org

Erik Fresen Has a Fight on His Hands With Daisy Baez

By Jeff Henderson

Political Bits and Pieces

By Kevin Derby

Senate Looks to Make Springs Plan Easier to Swallow

By Jim Turner News Service of Florida

The Myth of 'Settled Science'

By Charles Krauthammer

By Nancy Smith

RPOF Chairman Lenny Curry issued a statement Tuesday on President Barack Obama's visit to Florida: As the president comes to Florida today to raise money for his campaign, news reports say he will also be meeting with unemployed construction workers. During that meeting he should explain why his original $825 billion stimulus has failed to create jobs for them. Obama himself has admitted that the shovel-ready jobs included in the original stimulus were not as shovel-ready as we expected. We just cant trust Obama to get the job done.

Sunshine State News Live-Blogs Tonight's GOP Presidental Debate

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Sunshine State News will live-blog tonight's Republican presidential debate at Dartmouth College. The two-hour debate, which will be aired on Bloomberg Television, will focus on economics. And there will be plenty to talk about with the political football known as the Obama jobs bill being kicked around in Congress, and the country flirting with a double-dip recession. Look for fireworks to start around 8 p.m.

Space Florida, U.K. Trade Group Sign Business 'Understanding'

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Space Florida and a British trade organization signed a memorandum of understanding Tuesday to further business opportunities between Florida and the United Kingdom. Space Florida director Frank DiBello signed the pact with Rees Ward, chief executive officer of A|D|S Group Ltd., to "leverage their relationships to maximize business development potential for the other in their own markets."

Chris Christie Backs Mitt Romney for GOP Presidential Nomination

By Kevin Derby

Florida Revenue Conference Gives Bleak Budget Outlook

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Floridas revenue forecast for the next budget year is bleak. And the outlook goes deeper into the red the following year. The states revenue estimating conference is projecting that Floridas stalled economy will generate between $857 million and $1.2 billion less next year than initially projected. The shortfall, due to vast drops in sales and document taxes, could grow to $1.5 billion in the following year. A more set total is expected later this afternoon.

GOP Senate Hopeful Adam Hasner Attacks Obama Job Plan

By Kevin Derby

Carole Crist the Trial Balloon

By Nancy Smith

Carole Crist, wife of pretend-to-be-partyless former Gov. Charlie Crist, became the first to go last week. Go where? Over to the Democrats. She changed her registration -- it's official. Think of Carole as a trial balloon. Charlie floats her up, sees how the wind blows, and should it blow her toward any of those Dems with the big bucks for, say, another Crist run for something-or-other -- whatever office we've got out there -- then Charlie might launch his own Big Campaign Balloon.

Michele Bachmann Hammers Obama on Economy, Calls for Enforcing Immigration

By Kevin Derby

Fading in the polls at the national level and in Iowa, where she claimed a big victory in the Republican straw poll in Ames back in August, U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann looked to get her campaign for the GOP presidential nomination back on track as she unveiled her jobs and economic plans on Tuesday -- and bashed President Barack Obamas economic record.

Herman Cain Edges Mitt Romney to Lead in South Carolina

By Kevin Derby

Businessman Herman Cain continues to surge in polls and, according to a poll released on Tuesday morning, now leads in one of the key early primary states -- South Carolina. The Palmetto State, the first state to hold a primary in the South, has been instrumental in shaping the Republican presidential race for decades and, in recent years, has backed the winner of the nomination each time out.

Rick Scott Begins to Release 2012 Agenda

By Kevin Derby

On Tuesday, Gov. Rick Scott offered a sneak preview of his agenda for the 2012 legislative session. Scott promised to roll out his agenda starting on Wednesday. In a Web video released by his team, Scott offered a review of his first year in office and said that the economy was starting to turn around.

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

Florida Continues to Flow Down History's River

Vacation Rental Giant on Winning Streak in Florida Courts

Only You

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