"When you've got nothing going for yourself, you bang the other guy with a hammer. You make sure the voters have a big old headache and are so busy gawking at that other guy, they don't notice you."
New Hampshire Gov. Meldrim Thompson, 1976, identifying his favorite campaign strategy
WASHINGTON -- Words have a way of seeping into our vocabulary and, through overuse or distortion, soon begin to lose their meaning.
Who could have imagined that the word "beheading" would become commonplace, as though we were discussing a sport or a new product?
Youve already heard about Charlie Crists New Insurance Plan. A rewrite of the historical record ignoring some facts and distorting others to obfuscate damage from the first insurance plan he pushed through in early 2007.
With the ACLU wanting Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi to overturn the amendment to Florida's Constitution recognizing only traditional marriage in the Sunshine State, Gov. Rick Scott said he supports his fellow Cabinet member.
The attorney general is defending Floridas Constitution, which is her duty, Scott said on Tuesday. This is a matter that will be decided by the courts. Whatever the eventual outcome is from the courts, Florida will of course abide with it.
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Three polls released on Tuesday find former Gov. Charlie Crist ahead of Gov. Rick Scott by narrow margins.
The latest WFLA poll taken by Survey USA shows Republican Scott bouncing back against Democratic rival Crist.
In last weeks WFLA poll, Crist led 46 percent while Scott took 40 percent and Libertarian Adrian Wyllie took 8 percent. In the latest WFLA poll released on Tuesday, Crist drops to 44 percent while Scott moves up to 42 percent and Wyllie falls back to 6 percent.
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