You have unregulated, unrestricted advocates out there that can and will do anything, say anything, factually or not, to elect their candidates and walk away without their hands even being slapped.

When you start talking about abortion and gay rights, people take that seriously and they're passionate about it - on both sides.

If nothing else, the presidential elections of 2000 and 2004 have shown us that merely increasing the turnout of our base Democratic vote is not enough. With three conservative voters for every two liberals, the sheer arithmetic truth is that in a polarized electorate effectively mobilized by both major parties, Democratic candidates must capture upwards of 60 percent of the moderate vote. A candidate that cannot win south of the Mason-Dixon and west of the Mississippi is only destined to repeat the heartbreaking losses of the recent presidential elections.

Getting rid of Katherine Harris gets you a better opponent. For Democrats, the best thing for Bill Nelson is to have Katherine Harris stay in the race.

Most of the major consumer-goods companies roll out their marketing programs in the I-4 corridor. It reflects what America looks like.

The governor has a role in terms of declaring a state of emergency.