I can’t believe I am actually excerpting a column from Sue Cartlton, but I had to since it mentions the uber-smart Paul Phillips:
The Hillsborough Republican Party recently presented a straw poll done in conjunction with Republican clubs in the suburban enclaves of Brandon and FishHawk.
The results: Marco Rubio was the Republican’s Republican for U.S. Senate, and, yeah, you kinda saw that coming. Bill McCollum was their guy for governor, and ditto that.
But what was this?
A Republican named Paul Phillips besting the famously fire-and-brimstone Ronda Storms in her bid to keep her state Senate seat? Continue reading here.