Seeing as how Department of Children and Families Secretary David Wilkins is such a good chief operating officer for Florida's government operations, maybe Gov. Rick Scott should keep him right where he is, nowhere near the child protection agency.
Maybe the governor should give somebody else a shot at saving children.
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Floridas favorite Republican senator, Marco Rubio, weighed in over the weekend on the countrys history in the second half of the 20th century, ticking off the challenges the United States was able to overcome. He was speaking at the Republican Party of Pinellas Countys Lincoln Day dinner.
Sure, the Soviets beat us into space. And, of course, the civil rights movement challenged our commitment to our nations core values.
And then there was the Carter presidency.
We withstood it all, Rubio said. Even bell bottoms and the Bee-Gees.
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The District of Columbia, Maryland and Wisconsin hold primaries on Tuesday and Mitt Romney appears headed for wins in all three contests.
With 42 delegates to the Republican convention in Tampa come August, Wisconsin ranks as the largest prize on the table. According to three polls unveiled on Monday, Romney has a solid lead over the field in the Badger State and Maryland.
With Wisconsin bringing 42 delegates to the Republican convention in Tampa come August, the Badger State ranks as the largest prize on the table on Tuesday. According to a poll released by We Ask America on Monday, Mitt Romney leads in Wisconsin. This is the second poll released on Monday that shows Romney ahead there.
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Mike Carpenter, a former space program worker, called out Barack Obama on "60 Minutes" Sunday night.
In the segment, reporter Scott Pelly said Florida's Space Coast work force was "encouraged when candidate Barack Obama came to Brevard County in 2008, three months before the election.
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While pump prices across Florida already show that many vendors are selling gas above the $4 a gallon mark, the average gallon of gas in the Sunshine State now stands at $3.93.
The amount is up 3 cents from a week ago, 14 cents from a month ago.
AAA projects Florida -- which is a penny higher than the national average -- will top the $4 mark in April, but not this week.
Already, 11 states are above the $4 mark, with Maryland, Nevada, Wisconsin and West Virginia due to hit the mark this week, according to AAA.
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Trailing in Wisconsin, which holds its primary on Tuesday, Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum has a new commercial running in the Badger State attacking Mitt Romney. The TV ad slams Romney on signing a health-care bill in Massachusetts which, the Santorum commercial states, lost the state thousands of jobs and provided abortions with little individual expenses. The ad also slams Romney for backing cap-and-trade and raising taxes.
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With the pack of Republican presidential candidates increasingly focusing on California, which holds its primary on June 5, Ron Pauls team announced over the weekend that their candidate will be hitting the Golden State this week.
Paul will be holding town hall meetings at three universities -- which are increasingly the focus of his campaign. Paul will be at California State University-Chico on Tuesday; UCLA on Wednesday; and UC-Berkeley on Thursday.
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Wisconsin holds a primary on Tuesday and a new poll shows that Mitt Romney has a solid lead over Rick Santorum in the Badger State.
A poll of likely primary voters from Public Policy Polling, a firm with connections to prominent Democrats, shows Romney leading with 43 percent followed by Santorum with 36 percent. Ron Paul stands in third with 11 percent followed by Newt Gingrich in single digits with 8 percent.
The poll of 609 likely Wisconsin Republican primary voters was taken March 31-April 1 and had a margin of error of +/- 4 percent.
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With Maryland holding its Republican presidential primary on Tuesday, a poll unveiled on Monday shows that Mitt Romney is headed to a big win in the Old Line State.
A poll from Public Policy Polling, a firm with connections to prominent Democrats, shows Romney is set to win with 52 percent followed by Rick Santorum with 27 percent. Newt Gingrich stands in third with 10 percent followed by Ron Paul with 9 percent.
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