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#Sayfie Snapshot - October 30, 2015

Today's Hits and Bits in Florida politics


Hot Click

Fighting words further fracture Senate GOP via Dara Kam of the News Service of Florida


Twitter Trending

@rumpfshaker: .@FloridaGOP Trolls Hillary Clinton at Her Own Event, Using Her Own Supporters https://t.co/TGgYDcpMMZ


Quotable

"This designation ought to be delayed...If you really care about the institution of the Senate, if you really care about your colleagues, it is not the appropriate time to twist the knife."

- Senator Tom Lee, calling on Senate President Andy Gardiner to postpone a planned Dec. 2 Republican caucus vote that would designate Senator Joe Negron as the next Senate president. Lee has not officially endorsed either Lee or his opponent, Senator Jack Latvala.


Statworthy

2,300. An apparent software glitch caused Alan Grayson's U.S. Senate campaign to attribute almost 2,300 separate campaign donations to a single person, a retired teacher in Chicago. The teacher says she's never donated to Grayson's campaign.