Tea Partiers aren't the only ones on edge in the 8th Congressional District.

As seven Republicans try to knock off Rep. Alan Grayson, a reader of our story about the contest offered this insight about one of the GOP hopefuls:

"Bruce O'Donoghue has about as much to do with Tea Parties as Hitler had with the Jewish Defense League."

We're not sure what prompted that rhetorical outburst, since O'Donoghue was quoted as criticizing the TEA tactics.

Former Agency for Health Care Administration Secretary Holly Benson, currently in a tight battle for the Republican attorney general nomination, weighed in on the Supreme Court decision on Monday, striking down local gun-control laws.

This decision by the Supreme Court is a monumental victory for freedom and the Second Amendment in America, said Benson. The highest court in the land has reaffirmed that our Second Amendment rights are absolute, and that government interference of these rights, at any level, will not be tolerated.

Anxieties about the Gulf of Mexico oil spill have combined with a slow economy to cut June consumer confidence in the state by 3 points compared to last year at this time.

A University of Florida survey reports that between this year and last, consumer confidence fell from 70 to 67 points, and perception of personal finances fell from 54 to 45 points. Perceptions of personal finance for the coming year fell from 79 to 75.