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

It's time to stop quoting Rick Scott's approval rating at 29 percent and it's probably time to stop calling him "the most unpopular governor in the United States." That's all old news. A Viewpoint Florida poll conducted last week found that 45 percent of likely 2012 general election voters in Florida approve of Scotts recent job performance, while 51 percent of voters disapprove.

Former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania released a commercial on Tuesday jabbing former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman who announced his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination earlier in the day. Using the same theme that Huntsman has embraced -- a biker riding through the desert -- Santorum knocked the new candidate on social issues and jabbed Mitt Romney, the Republican front-runner, while he was at it.

Citing a recent Wall Street Journal article where Chicago Mercantile Exchange Group Chairman Terrence Duffy bemoans a rise in Illinois' corporate income tax, Gov. Rick Scott wrote a letter last week to Duffy attempting to lure his company to Florida.

Florida Republican U.S. Rep. Ander Crenshaw drew an opponent earlier this month, though it is a familiar face -- author Gary Koniz. The Jacksonville-based candidate ran against Crenshaw in 2010 as a write-in candidate with little success. He filed to run again against Crenshaw -- this time as a Democrat. While Crenshaw faced a challenge from conservative businessman Troy Stanley, who ran with no party affiliation in 2010, he faced no Democrats. Brian Michael Lieberman, with no party affiliation,has already filed to run against Crenshawin 2012.