Via Jonathan Martin at the Politico, an eye-popping, if very inside-baseball-ish, piece of news out of Florida:
Now comes word, via the St. Pete Times' Adam Smith, that the Florida GOP is holding back some of its money for the next cycle.
"State party officials announced to their state executive committee Saturday that they expect to carry over at least $2 million into 2009, rather than spend all their money on this election."
Clicking through to brother Smith, we see that the state's governor, Repub Charlie Crist, is up for reelection in 2010 and wants to leave himself a little financial head start. Understandable. But believe me, it's pretty darn rare that a state party will tell a presidential campaign that we're not going to spend every penny we have to help you get elected.
Martin's post also has encouraging news of dissension in GOP ranks in Virginia, where the state chairman seems like a possessed mad person.
