TALLAHASSEE -- Gov. Jeb Bush's failure to salvage a seemingly hopeless Republican quest for the U.S. Senate race this year points to a future of questions for the party.
Bush's force of personality and intellectual rigor have dominated the Republican Party of Florida for most of the past decade, creating a cohesive machine that controls the state.
But the signs of fraying have become evident in Bush's last months. Senate Republicans bucked his heavy lobbying and killed his plans to protect vouchers and soften the limits on class sizes.
The party has split into two camps on the sides of the men running to replace Bush -- Attorney General Charlie Crist and Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher.
Harris Saga Hints At GOP Turmoil
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A new autopsy on the death of 14-year-old Martin Anderson at a north Florida boot camp offers the state Medical Examiners Commission a chance to do something to help the reputation of its profession.
Clearly Dr. Charles Siebert, the Bay County medical examiner, did his colleagues no favors when he issued an assessment that concluded the youth had died of complications of the sickle cell trait, a blood disorder common among African-Americans.
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There they go again. Nothing more edifying than Democrats writing about the woes of the Republican Party. Of the Democrats' own woes, we shall hear little in this gutless age. In more spirited times, Will Rogers had something to say about it. "I'm not a member of any organized political party," he said. "I'm a Democrat."