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

The immigration issue hit home again with President Obama when one of his African uncles was arrested on DUI charges in Massachusetts and detained by federal authorities. Onyango Obama -- or "Uncle Omar," as the president fondly called him in his 1995 memoir -- was busted outside the Chicken Bone Saloon in Framingham last week when he nearly hit a patrol car after running a stop sign. Obama, who registered a 0.14 blood alcohol level (nearly twice the legal limit in Massachusetts), insisted that the officers should have yielded to him.

Incoming Florida Senate President Don Gaetz, R-Niceville, formally endorsed Gov. Rick Perry of Texas for the Republican presidential nomination on Tuesday.

U.S. Rep. Ron Paul has joined a growing list of presidential candidates who will speak at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando on Sept. 23. Al Cardenas, chairman of the host American Conservative Union, called the Texas congressman, a previous winner of CPAC straw polls, "a leading voice for adhering to a limited constitutional government. His consistent voting record and unwavering commitment to his principles have earned Congressman Paul a strong and loyal grassroots base.