A new poll from Rasmussen Reports showed that Americans disapproved, by a wide margin, of Democratic legislators in Wisconsin fleeing the state to avoid a bill to cut benefits for state employees. Only 25 percent of likely voters backed the Democrats while 67 percent disapproved of their tactic. The poll found that, even among Democratic voters, there was significant opposition to the strategy with 44 percent of them disapproving.

The poll of 1,000 likely voters took place on Feb. 22-23 and had a margin of error of +/- 3 percent.

At 4:50 p.m. Thursday, the space shuttle Discovery will be launching from Cape Canaveral. Since first taking off in 1984, this will be the Discoverys 39th and final mission before being decommissioned.

This makes the Discovery the most traveled space ship in history. The Discovery took part in a number of milestones for the American space program, including the 100th space shuttle mission and John Glenn's return to space.

The launch can be watched online at NASAs website.

"Awake the State" rallies by government workers and their not-so-merry band of sympathizers are shaping up for March 8.

Coinciding with the opening of the 2011 Legislature, activists announced protests in nine Florida communities: Clay County, Cape Coral, Daytona Beach, Fort Lauderdale, Miami, Ocala, Orlando, Tampa, and West Palm Beach.

Hmmm. Where's Tallahassee?

Progress Florida, an organizer of the events, said there will be a rally in the capital city, but that details were not yet available.