Best of the Blogs: Under A Rock

Progress Florida Education Center's Best of the Blogs for the week ending 8-24-12
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Mack Cosponsored "Forcible Rape" Bill With Akin, Who He Now Criticizes
By Inkberries
Beach Peanuts
Unless you were under a rock this weekend, you probably heard about this comment on rape and abortions when a rape results in a pregnancy:

Bush Wonk Patricia Levesque Signs Parent Trigger Petition Twice
By Bob Sikes
Scathing Purple Musings
You couldn't make this up in a parody. Jeb Bush' attempts to build momentum for his Foundation for Florida's Future for a second run at Parent Trigger in Florida prompted the Foundation's director, Patricia Levesque, to post an online petition.

Paul Ryan hunts for votes in Republican utopia (or dystopia)
By David Jarman
Daily Kos
The selection of Republican Rep. Paul Ryan as vice-presidential nominee has left behind-the-scenes Republicans concerned that he and his budget open up new vulnerabilities for the GOP on Medicare.

Cliff Notes On Cliff Stearns
By Jake
Rantings From Florida
The news that Cliff Stearns could be unseated in a Republican primary is something difficult to fathom for those who have watched Central Florida politics in the last few decades, but that indeed happened this week when an unknown tossed the incumbent by less than 1,000 votes.

Because I Still Believe
By Brughart
Hrrumph
I have written a great deal about judicial merit retention over the past several months.