The app is only a few weeks away, so I figure, why not begin rolling out a preview of what ‘Sunburn’ will be: a morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics.  Think Politico Playbook, just right-sized for the Sunshine State… ROMNEY PLAYING CATCH UP IN FLORIDA – BUT HE HAS TIME The Los Angeles [...]

Even before the congressional “supercommittee” failed to reach a deal averting drastic cuts to defense spending, one group of lawmakers began mobilizing to protect a favorite weapons program, writes T.W. Farnam of the Washington Post. Reps. Kay Granger (R-Tex.) and Norm Dicks (D-Wash.) announced the formation of a Congressional Joint Strike Fighter Caucus with 49 members from [...]

Nothing went according to plan in Richard Nixon’s White House.  Not even Thanksgiving dinner. The Washington Post recollects: Thanksgiving always reminds us of the time during the Nixon administration when a particularly rambunctious turkey was presented to the late president at the White House. The turkey was so flustered that, according to the tale, which [...]

Consensus at last: almost all Americans – from coast to coast and across stiffening party lines – have favorable views of Thanksgiving dinner, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll. Overall, 93 percent say they have positive views of the traditional meal, including 77 percent who say so “strongly.” Not everyone, however, is equally enthusiastic [...]

ABC’s Amy Walter named Gingrich the only Republican candidate who won: http://abcn.ws/tNwFLw. The Washington Post’s Chris Cillizza named him as one of three candidate winners: http://wapo.st/rAFyd3. The New York Times’ Nate Silver gave Gingrich an A- [for context: Huntsman A-, Romney B+, Paul B+, Bachmann B+, Santorum B, Perry B, Cain C]. CBS News put Gingrich at the TOP of their list of winners. [...]

Mitt Romney will announce the endorsement of Sen. John Thune, the Washington Post reports, “a rising star in the Republican Party who had weighed a White House bid of his own before deciding to stay in the Senate and move up in his party’s leadership.”

This is only the third, or is it the fourth, negative editorial on gambling since ‘destination resorts’ legislation was announced. – NY Times’ Bill Carter: “NBC is to announce on Monday morning that it has hired Chelsea Clinton to become a full-time special correspondent for NBC News. Ms. Clinton will show up at the news [...]

The following is a cross-post from Benjamin Kirby of the Spencerian: If you read one thing this weekend, make it the Washington Post piece by Thomas L. Day, a graduate student at the University of Chicago and an Iraq War veteran. I’m 31, an Iraq war veteran, a Penn State graduate, a Catholic, a native of State College, [...]

Tonight’s GOP debate airs at 8 p.m. on CNBC, live from Oakland University in Oakland, Mich., moderated by John Harwood and Maria Bartiromo. Jim Cramer, Steve Liesman, Rick Santelli and Sharon Epperson will join in the questioning. Previewing and live-blogging the debate (with lots of Andrew Sullivan mixed in): 9:48 p.m. - “One last question: Dodd, [...]

A new Washington Post-ABC News survey finds that 50% of Americans think President Obama is “making a good faith effort to deal with the country’s economic problems,” but Republicans are “playing politics by blocking his proposals and programs.” (H/t to Taegan Goddard.) Meanwhile, 44% think Obama is at fault and “has not provided leadership on the economy.” [...]