And they call Mississippi backward. Somebody please tell me how a county clerk from Kentucky who swore an oath to execute the law of the land, then refused to do it, gets to keep her job.
Rick Perry ran out of money days ago. He was laying off staff and sitting at about 1 percent in national polls on Friday when he announced he would become the first in the 2016 Republican presidential race to throw in the towel.
You know I like this governor. I make no secret of the fact that I look kindly on what Rick Scott has done overall to strengthen Florida's economy and position the state to lead in uncertain times. So let's get that out of the way first.
But liking the governor doesn't mean he can do no wrong. In fact, every once in a while he does something that makes me want to pull his governorship over, turn off the engine, and box his ears.
Thursday was one of those days.
Scott had one of his nose-growing moments.
So you think policymakers and bureaucrats have a handle on what ordinary Floridians think? Have a look at this recently released piece of UF/IFAS research: It shows Floridians "strongly believe" farmers protect the state's environment and water resources.
Did Blake Guillory really happen? You might be hard-pressed to remember after Peter Antonacci takes the reins Thursday morning at the South Florida Water Management District.
Jack Latvala and Melissa McKinlay are "close personal friends" -- I get it. But what is a Republican state senator doing helping a Democratic congressional candidate win in a district the RNCC is desperately fighting for?
Federal bureaucracy trumps science, it trumps common sense, it trumps public sentiment. Federal bureaucracy is the monster killing the Florida Everglades. I've been saying that for years. On Thursday in Fort Lauderdale at a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation (FWC) meeting, the woeful state of the world's largest wetlands at the hands of the feds was made about as public and as plain as it's going to get.
Though Gov. Rick Scott's office would not confirm it, South Florida Water Management District chief executive Blake Guillory will be out of the job next week, replaced with the governor's former general counsel, Peter Antonacci.
Debbie Wasserman Schultz, famous for making public gaffes her party pretends it doesn't notice, might be in real Democratic doo-doo this time. Washington insiders say the National Committee chair has incurred the wrath of the party's two most powerful people, President Barack Obama and now presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.
If just-announced state Senate candidate Lauren Book was anybody but the daughter of one of the most influential lobbyists in Tallahassee, the media would be over her like vultures on road kill.
