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

Former Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts, one of the front-runners for the Republican presidential nomination in 2008, looked to downplay his own record on health-care legislation and called for repeal of the federal health-care law backed by President Barack Obama. During Romneys term as governor of the Bay State, he signed a health-care law mandating that state residents have insurance.

David Caton of the conservative Florida Family Association (FFA) sent out an e-mail on Thursday highlighting plans to execute several major efforts during the next 30 days which includes the organizations protest of Gay Days at Disney World.

A poll from Dixie Strategies taken on behalf of First Coast News found the Jacksonville mayoral race to be close. Duval County Tax Collector Mike Hogan, a Republican, leads with 49 percent with former Al Gore aide Alvin Brown, a Democrat, taking 43 percent. More than 50 percent of those surveyed are undecided on who they were backing to replace Hogan as Duval County tax collector, while former Rep. Dick Kravitz took 30 percent and City Councilman Michael Corrigan had the backing of 19 percent. The elections will take place on Tuesday.

Former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich announced on Wednesday that he was officially running for the Republican presidential nomination. Gingrich released a video on Wednesday in which he touched on his record and his work with Ronald Reagans administration during the 1980s.