Tweet (Photo Credit: CBS) The first family is planning a low-key Super Bowl Sunday, Michelle Obama told celebrity chef Rachael Ray in an interview airing Wednesday. “We’ll probably watch it at home. It’ll probably be a quiet Super Bowl this year,” the first lady said. Asked about her favorite game-time snack, Obama said, “You know nachos are [...]

TweetTAMPA — Keep an eye on Florida’s electoral map tonight, and you’ll see that the Republican presidential primary is a tale of two Mitt Romneys. There’s 2008 Mitt Romney, who campaigned as the conservative alternative to John McCain and won big in conservative northeast Florida and southwest Florida. He lost the state by 5 percentage [...]

Tweet (Photo Credit: Reuters) Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich has been playing the pump-up song “Eye of the Tiger” by the band Survivor at campaign events, but it sounds like he might need a new tune. TMZ reports that Rude Music Inc. – a company owned by Survivor’s Frank Sullivan who co-wrote the hit – has filed [...]

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TweetA Hillsborough County Latino group Monday sued Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus, contending that the GOP’s primary schedule unconstitutionally dilutes the electoral clout of Hispanic Republican voters. Moreover, the lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Tampa, asks a federal judge to stop the Republican Party from taking away half of Florida’s delegates for scheduling [...]

Tweet President Obama has a ticket to Hollywood if he wants it. Mitt Romney? Not so much. “American Idol” producer Nigel Lythgoe tweeted on Monday, “@BarackObama we loved your vocal performance so much we’d love to invite you on to #AmericanIdol this Season for a duet with Al Green.” Obama briefly broke out into song, crooning part [...]

Tweet Polls are like the weather these days in Florida. Don’t like ‘em? Sit around. They’ll change. Right now, they have one thing in common: Mitt Romney’s winning. It’s the margin that’s in dispute. From InsiderAdvantage: Mitt Romney: 36 percent Newt Gingrich: 31 percent Rick Santorum: 12 percent Ron Paul: 12 percent Other: 9 percent [...]

Tweet How much of the GOP primary vote has already been banked? Based on 2008′s GOP primary of 1.94-million, the 592,000 early and absentee votes already cast would be about 30 percent of the primary vote. But in predicting turnout for 2012, keep in mind that also on the ballot on Jan. 29, 2008 was [...]

Tweet (Photo Credit: AP) President Obama got his hands on an early copy of Jonathan Frazen’s novel “Freedom” while vacationing in Martha’s Vineyard in August 2010. And though the writer appreciated the nod, Franzen isn’t sure why Obama made time to read his book. “One of the reasons I love Barack Obama as much as I do [...]

TweetWinner of the week: Florida broadcasters. These are tough times for many advertising budgets, but Florida’s competitive primary did wonders for the bottom line of TV stations across the state. By the time the votes are tallied Tuesday, the campaigns and assorted political groups weighing in are expected to have spent about $20 million on TV commercials. [...]