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TAMPA (WFLA) — Health officials reported the highest daily increase of coronavirus deaths in Florida residents on Tuesday. ... Floridians in the 25 to 34 age group account for the largest percentage of cases throughout the state. There are 59,310 confirmed cases in that age group, which is 21% of the state’s total. Of those cases, only 6% are hospitalized and 1% have died.

0-29 years 1 30-39 years 18 40-49 years 76 50-59 years 314 60-69 years 971 70-79 years 2,967 80-89 years 3,344 90 years and older 767

This is a video from a liberal explaining that Donald Trump won because liberals no longer know how to discuss anything, and they picked a horrible candidate. I don't agree with his premise, or his opinion of Donald Trump, but he's pretty spot on about how liberals believe calling people names and shutting down discussion is "persuasive", and how if you tell people they are racist they won't likely listen to you. I found the video entertaining anyway, even though he buys the media spin about Donald Trump hook, line, and sinker. https://www.facebook.com/viralthread/videos/598130190359668/

A rare vanity. Sorry. The republicans fail at messaging. Here is the messaging they could use tonight, but won't: "To be clear about what happened tonight. The Republicans, caving in to almost ALL of the Democratic demands, and in a last-ditch effort to keep the government from shutting down, passed a compromise. That compromise fully funded everything, including Obamacare, just like the "clean CR" the senate passed. But it also had one additional feature. It had a one-year delay in a TAX INCREASE on people who did not buy insurance. Most of these people who would have to pay this...

Marco Rubio, Concert Promoter, learns a valuable lesson. (Rubio is sitting at his desk, smug look on his face) Secretary: "Mr Rubio, George is here to see you" Marco: "Send him in" George: "Well, everything is in place for the big concert. We sold out, you know" Mark: "I knew we would. These groups aren't well-known, but they are very popular in the right circles, it's all a matter of proper marketing" George: "Well, whatever it was, from day one the phones rang off the hook, and we had to upgrade the web server. Heck, we've been re-selling returned tickets...

OGDEN, Utah -- Emilie Parker, a 6-year-old victim of the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre, was laid to rest next to her grandfather Saturday in the town where she was born. Burial at Evergreen Memorial Park followed a private funeral for family and close friends at a Mormon church across the street from Ben Lomond High School, where Emilie's parents, Robbie and Alissa Parker, met.

... Another thing that brings the community together is the Christmas holiday. Christmas is my favorite holiday, and my family has adopted many different traditions over the years. ... Many of these traditions show how Christmas fosters a sense of community, bringing together people who have little else in common to share in the magic and promise of the season. For a little while, we can put aside our political, cultural, and social differences and just watch trains go around a track, sing Christmas carols, watch dancers and musicians marching down the street, or just admire the lights and decorations...

Respondents were contacted by phone via a live telephone operator interview March 11th – 13th 2012. The study has a sample size of 750 likely Republican primary voters in Texas with a margin of error of ±3.6%. ... The question was asked, “If the Republican primary election for United States President were held today, for whom would you vote if the candidates were RANDOMIZE Rick Santorum, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul ?” Rick Santorum 35% Mitt Romney 27% Newt Gingrich 20% Ron Paul 8% Undecided 10%

First-ever Endorsement for Group in GOP Presidential Primary Washington, DC ─ Today the Susan B. Anthony List (SBA List), a national pro-life organization, announced its endorsement of Rick Santorum in the Republican presidential primary. “Among the field of strong pro-life candidates in the GOP primary, one stands out as a proven leader in this great human and civil rights cause of our time. Rick Santorum communicates the vision and has exhibited the strategic and tactical prowess the pro-life movement must have in order to succeed. Women and children deserve his leadership, grounded as it is in affirming the dignity of...

Rick Santorum has pulled slightly ahead of Mitt Romney in Republican primary voters' preference for the presidential nomination, a national CBS News/New York Times Poll shows. Ron Paul is now in third, followed by former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich. ...... Santorum receives strong backing from conservatives, tea party supporters and white evangelicals. Self-identified conservatives divided their support among the candidates in January, but in this poll they appear to be coalescing solidly behind Santorum. He receives far more support from this group than Romney does, and conservative support for Santorum has increased since last month. ...... Santorum also...

... Virginians [won't] be allowed to support their candidates in the GOP primary, unless they happen to like [Romney/Paul]. Some say this is “fair”; I say it is a ridiculous and unacceptable outcome for Virginia’s voters. ...[it's] a federal election; candidates are being chosen by voters in every state. Requiring presidential candidates to meet these requirements is like requiring statewide candidates to qualify for the ballot in each county. Imagine going to vote and finding only half the candidates for governor on your ballot. That’s what we face here; there are more than six candidates left for the GOP presidential...

Four Republican presidential candidates – Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Rick Perry and Ron Paul -- submitted paper work in time to qualify for Virginia's March 6 primary ballot. No other GOP contender will be on the Virginia ballot. Rep. Michele Bachmann, former Sen. Rick Santorum and former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman did not submit signatures with Virginia's State Board of Elections by today's 5 p.m. deadline. ... Candidates must submit the signatures of at least 10,000 registered voters, with 400 from each of the 11 Congressional districts. Romney submitted 16,026 signatures; Paul 14,361; Perry 11,911 and Gingrich 11,050. The state...

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who famously lost budget battles to President Bill Clinton amid two government shutdowns, had some advice to House Republicans at loggerheads with another Democratic president: Give in. “Incumbent presidents have enormous advantages. And I think what Republicans ought to do is what’s right for America. They ought to do it calmly and pleasantly and happily,” Mr. Gingrich said... ... Mr. Gingrich made it clear he favored a one-year extension of the two-percentage point payroll tax cut, which expires Jan. 1, not the two-month extension that passed the Senate with bipartisan support. He called the Senate...

... when asked about the Cuban Adjustment Act and the so-called wet-foot, dry-foot policy, Cain seemed stumped. The policy allows Cuban immigrants who have made it to U.S. soil to stay. “Wet-foot, dry-foot policy?” Cain asked. ... His staff promised he’d answer questions later at the Versailles Restaurant ... Cain, though, wouldn’t talk to reporters there, either. A FOX News reporter asked Cain what he thought of President Obama’s easing of travel restrictions to Cuba. Cain said that was a “gotcha question.” ... Cain was asked again by WPLG-Channel 10 political reporter Michael Putney his position on the wet foot/dry...

Another post to try to cheer up the Perry supporters. Not meant as an attack on Bachmann: "Michele Bachmann got stumped and took a 12 second pause to answer a question regarding being a submissive wife at the Iowa GOP debate."

Something to make the Perry supporters feel less awful: "At last night's gubernatorial debate, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer (R) appeared to be at a lost for words during her opening statement, leading to some long, awkward pauses" ... "UPDATE 9/3/10: Jan Brewer says she won't be participating in any more debates. The Arizona Daily Star reports: Incumbent Republican Jan Brewer said Thursday she has no intention of participating in any more events with Democrat Terry Goddard." Also see: Arizona Governor stumbles during debate

Because Governor Rick Perry has backed some especially harsh anti-illegal immigrant legislation (like a bill that would outlaw sanctuary cities) Latino rights activists want Hispanics to switch over to the republican party and vote Perry out of the G.O.P race for the presidential nomination during the upcoming primary season. ... "I think to a lot of Democrats what Governor Perry represents is something that they detest"

... And yet, and yet. . . . The foreign policy, hostage-trading, abortion stuff is becoming more difficult to ignore. I don’t think Charles Krauthammer’s assertion that Cain’s “winging it” fully explains it, nor does the Pundette’s that he is “incoherent.” Cain’s boast that he can’t name the president of Beki-beki-beki-beki-beki-beki-stan gets closer to it. It’s a cute line, notwithstanding that parochial braggadocio is easier to carry off when you’re a soaring hyperpower rather than a multi-trillion-dollar sinkhole whose citizens’ future is increasingly mortgaged to foreigners of one degree of unsavoriness or another. But the ’stan shtick is a glimpse...

In the discussion here about Pastor Jeffress and his comments about Mormonism not being Christian, many freepers have attacked Rick Perry for "inviting" Jeffress to introduce him. I assumed these freepers knew what they were talking about. Turns out, they didn't. I found this reading at National Review: "Jeffress was chosen by event organizers, not the Perry campaign, to introduce Perry." So, a Pastor was invited to the Voter Values summit. He was asked to introduce Rick Perry, because he supports Perry. In that introduction, he makes positive comments about Perry, all true. Perry thanks him for those true comments,...

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: WSJ - Governors Against State Bailouts Hard to believe, but not everyone in politics wants a free lunch by Rick Perry and Mark Sanford Tuesday, December 02, 2008 • Press Release The Wall Street Journal Governors Against State Bailouts Hard to believe, but not everyone in politics wants a free lunch Dec. 2, 2008 By Rick Perry and Mark Sanford As governors and citizens, we've grown increasingly concerned over the past weeks as Washington has thrown bailout after bailout at the national economy with little to show for it. In the process, the federal government...